Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/03

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Subject: [Leica] DIY DMR repair
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 19:35:56 +0000
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Doug,

What a relief. It would have been terrible to have lost your DMR for that.

Best wishes,

Charlie

On 3 Nov 2012, at 19:32, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> At least this time there is no mention of vice grips and hammers in the
> repair ;-)
> Glad to read that you solved this though and can keep that DMR in action.
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> 
> On 4 November 2012 01:38, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> This morning I managed to knock the DMR's control wheel off and after
>> calming down I gathered the parts and figured out where they all belonged.
>> 
>> There are three loose parts when the control wheel comes off: the wheel
>> itself, the set button, and a tiny ball bearing that enables the wheel's
>> click-stop detents.  The ball bearing sits in a little hollow on the left
>> rim of the ridge surrounding the contacts on the DMR.  The 'set' button is
>> placed loose in the center of the contacts, then the control wheel just
>> snaps back in place.
>> 
>> It looks like the three lobes surrounding the 'set' button are not equal
>> size so it seemed easier to snap the wheel back in place when I snapped 
>> the
>> right side down first.  YMMV.
>> 
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] DIY DMR repair)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] DIY DMR repair)