Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just use hand strength or possibly one of the jar opening aids. You have grease that has lost it's volatile and is acting a bit like glue. Don't use any lubricants other than 99.9% denatured alcohol if you can get a needle on the helical. Find a diagram of the lens construction. On many old Leica lens you can unscrew the lens elements from the focusing mounts. On Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 10:13 AM Lew Schwartz via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I recently bought an old, beat up Thambar. I checked out everything that > turns, etc... and left it on the shelf for a while. Now the focus ring is > stuck and I don't know how much force I can use to get it working again. > What tools? What lubricant? > Thanks! > > -Lew Schwartz > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >