Oh god, do not go squirting oil into the mechanism. That can screw up everything. Overlubricating a camera mechanism is the worst thing that can happen (it acts as a magnet for every bit of crap in the air), far better no lubs at all then it just wears out faster. In fact, overlubrication may be your friends problem in the first place, especially if he had it serviced by someone who didn't know what he was doing, or just bought it from someone like that. It is very easy to get a camera that is gummy to work OK for a few weeks, but to fix it from that fix requires it be completely torn down, ultrasonically cleaned, and rebuilt. And, if enough grit has gotten into the pivot holes it even that may not fix it.
To give you an idea how much oil is needed, I use a small sewing needle stuck eye end into piece of dowling. To oil a pivot hole, I dip the tip of the needle into some watch oil. Then I shake it off to get rid of excess oil. Next I touch the point of the needle agains the bearing surface. That's it. Remember, camea bearings only operates at a very slow speed, there is no need for an oil bath to carry off heat. All that is needed is enough oil to fill in the roughness of the bearing. More than that just collects dust. Dunking a modern camera in solvent to get rid of excess oil desolves the plastic foam that is used as light seals, and loosens the insulating tape that is often used to prevent shorts in electronic cameras. So, while you will hear of doing both (and the solvent dip worked pretty well on old all metal mechanical leaf shutters), don't ever squirt oil, or solvent in a modern camera. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:26 AM Subject: Need help with ME Super > Perhaps it is something to do with oil that was used when > camera was re-assembled. If so, then how can I get a small bottle of > original Pentax camera oil for my friend? Anyone has it? Where to get > it? How to get it?
