Re: [Leica] Leicaflex SL

[thibault collin <tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr>]

Well Jason, you did it! finally you screwed it up and now you're happy, you
just need another screw! But where the hell do you think you're gonna get it?
Don't you think you'll have to send the whole stuff to a repair person? or
at least to call the repair person to get the part? If I remember well,
there's a little plate that's screwed in the baseplate and hold the square
aluminium screw. You need that part, period.
Thib.

At 02:40 09/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
>> From: thibault collin
>>
>> You're damn right Jason!
>> There is a socket screw inside the tripod
>mounting bush and you'd better not
>> try to unscrew it unless you have the
>specific tool! I know what I'm talking
>> about, I fu**ed one up this way wanting to
>remove this screw with an
>> ordinary screw driver. I just "screwed up"
>the screw (!) and it took a hell
>> of a time to Sherry Krauter to remove the
>base plate! Il took her a lot of
>> time and me a lot of money.
>> Anyway, you've been warned.
>
>Ha!  Words of wisdom indeed, if only I hadnt
>had to wait for the digest!
>
>Thanks to everyone who offered advice on this
>thread ;) its a Wetzler SL MOT, the screw is
>(was) square, unfortunately by the time I got
>the digest the socket in my screw was very
>round.  Its 2:30am now, following a series of
>increasingly desperate measures and a pack of
>Marlboro Ive managed to remove the baseplate
>without using a hacksaw.  I think that was
>Wetzlars last laugh, a strange square
>socketed screw with a reverse thread in
>aluminium!!
>
>Now I just need a new screw to anchor the
>tripod bush!  Incidentally, once you know how
>it works its a cunning bit of quality
>engineering.
>
>Jason Hall
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