Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From T.Tomosy - pry off the dial number plate, and then you have access to a retaining ring. The dial ring is attached by adhesive. I've never done it myself, but any instructions that read like the above means "you will bend the part upon removal; install a new one when you re-assemble it". This is fine if you are a Leitz repair facility, but a real pain if you are DIY. Good luck Vick Martin Howard wrote: > > I've decided that rather than sell my R6, I should give it a good > spring cleaning (it hasn't been used in a while), and put it to use > instead taking pictures. > > One of the things that has gummed up from disuse is the meter mode > selector that sits under the shutter speed dial. To get to it (and > the mechanism) I need to remove the shutter speed selector, but there > is no obvious way of doing this. It stops at 1/1000 and at X > (opposite ends of the dial) but turning further (counterclockwise) > feels firm and does not suggest that it can be removed that way. > > I've been unable to locate a service manual for the R6 anywhere. Does > anyone know how to remove the shutter speed dial off an R6? Or, > better yet, have an R6 service manual they want to part with? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html