Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Hans Pahlen" <hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se> Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Rewind crank Hej Hans, tack för tippset! Den har funkionerde bra! Let's see how long it will last. It was a pain to find the minute screwdrivers for the job. However, my M6 now looks a bit more dented. Maybe it improved the theft-proofness. Cheers, Peter. P.S. What an honour to get mail from you. I admire your site. >I guess you are talking about the M4-M6. If so, loosen up the >horizontal mini >screw. Get something to hold the rewind inside the film casette >chamber and >just unscrew the rewind crank. Don't worry, it is easily done. > >Good luck, >Hans > >> Lately my Leica dropped and fell onto the rewind crank. This is a >bit >> deformed now and scratches against the body. It's no problem when >> rewinding, but I do not want to stress the shutter cocking mechanism >> by this extra load. Thus, I'd like to take it off, put it into it's >> original shape again. Does anyone know how to take off the thing? >> There's this slit screw on top, but then there's also this >> mini-philips on the side. What's the procedure? >> >> ___________ >> / \ >> | --- | <- slit screw, straight down >> | |+| | <- philips, horizontal >> >> Cheers, Peter. >> >>