Frank, Can you clip the spring off and make it shorter? I really think you want that back in there some day... And yes, getting it back together takes 3 hands. :-) Regards, Bob S.
On 7/3/05, Frank Wajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > yesterday I fixed an A 50mm f1.4 lens with a sticky aperture. Now it works > fine again. Gee, the A pin took me 2 hours to get back in again. The > aperture click ball needs to be spring loaded. I lost the ball and spring in > an earlier attempt to fix the lens. I received a new ball and spring from > Pentax Netherlands, but the spring was way to long. I didn't see a way to > get it not jumping away before closing the lens. Also the ball seemed a bit > to large, it didn't fall into the hole where it should go. So I just put it > there without the spring, closed the lens and it works. I was worried that > the ball might go deeper into the hole thereby loosing the aperture click, > but it doesn't. > Great, now I'll start working on a K 85mm f1.8, that should be a lot easier > without the A pin. > BTW. I will never ever touch an A, F or FA zoom lens, that must be a > nightmare. > > Frank > >
