Doug, Try using a hair dryer(warm the part only don't heat it way up) alternating with touching part of the ring with an ice cube and keep using just your hand/fingers as grippers/force applicators. The expansion/contraction will probably result in your being able to get it loose. Just be careful not to overheat or get water on sensitive parts/areas.Be patient. It will come loose. Hope this helps.
Robert Doug Franklin wrote: > Hi guys, > > Well, I'm in quite a quandry now. I've got a polarizing filter stuck on > the front of one of my lenses, as I discovered the other day. Trying to > remove it by hand was a complete non-starter for me and several other > people who tried. When I got home, I tried a strap wrench, and that > "worked". That is, it was able to get enough grip on the filter to try > to turn it. The reason for the quotation marks is that the filter > didn't let go, something threaded underneath the focus ring started > unscrewing! So I'm thinking I've got two choices at this point, (1) I > could try to figure out how to break the glass out of the filter so I > can deform the rings enough to pull them out without damaging the > threads on the lens, and maybe still have to (2) send it to the repair > center. Any suggestions? > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
