Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Look at the diagram..... Middle of page, more or less, assembly # D09512.28 Look for part "A". That bolt with the allen head ( hex indentation) is the one that holds you legs to the tripod, and controls tension to the legs. There is a hex head on both sides of the leg. This is the screw you tighten very carefully to tension the legs..... Is this the part of the tripod you are having trouble with? Maybe I should start from the top..... Does the picture I sent look like your tripod? If you can not tell from the part diagram, go look the tripod (2531) up on the gitzo site and compare to yours, at least roughly..... Does it match ( pretty much).... Do you have the 3 screws identified above on your tripod legset? Are any of these missing? These 3 screws hold the legs to the rest of the assembly. If this is not the case, try again to explain what is happening... Gitzo ( and others) loose legs are ALWAYS caused by these screws getting a tiny bit loose (TINY BIT!!!!) Where are you located? Los Angeles? Other USA? Other other? Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:23 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Gitzo 2227 problem: loose leg at tripod head Thanks for sending along that diagram, Frank. I'm now trying to get my mechanically handicapped mind around what I'm seeing and comparing it to the actual tripod. It SEEMS like it's much the same although I haven't figured out from your description exactly what I'm supposed to do. Sigh. I'm sometimes doorknob challenged... Adam On Dec 15, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > Most of these things all work the same... Try this for info...it is > for the 2531, a similar looking tripod > > http://mediacdn.shopatron.com/media/mfg/2747/media_document/live_1/GT2 > 531EX_ > 20080104.pdf?1271723989 > > > If I gather the info correctly, there is a screw+ nut in the top of > the tripod leg. The nut LOOKS LIKE another screw. > > Using 2 Allen wrenches, and working very gingerly, try tightening one > relative to the other. > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information