Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They are held on, of course, by LUG NUTS. > Oh crap, I was afraid that you had meant "the lugs themselves had fallen > off". > > On a Leica classical M, these lugs are rivets, and held by actually > deforming the lugs like a rivet. On a classical Nikon F, they are held by > set screws. > > On a Leica M, I've rarely seen them loose, although I have seen them > loose. > > On an electronic camera like the M8, I shudder to think what is happening > with three metal screws bouncing around. Eventually, wouldn't they touch > something that they aren't supposed to, and fry the electronics? I would > think a trip to NJ or Solms is in order. > > ...Vick > > > > Neil Miller wrote: >> Sorry, I should have posted this. >> >> Neil >> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >>> Len, The strap was not the problem. The two screws that hold the metal >>> lug to the camera from the inside of the body came loose! It appears >>> that loctite was not applied when the camera was assembled. There are >>> two or three screws bouncing around inside the camera. Two from the side >>> that came off and possibly one from the other lug that is also loose. I >>> had one of the half cases on the camera so it was not easy to see >>> something was loose. >>> >>> Neil >>> >>> Neil A. Miller >>> Phoenix, Arizona >>> Email: plus_4@hotmail.com >>> Website: http://www.neilamiller.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >