Well, there are news. There is sand inside the clamp, because I can hear it when I close/open it. The clamp is already scratched because I had to keep using it after I got the sand.
Anyway, I applied a running water and toothpicks. I took out certain although small amount of sand. Then silly me decided that a bit of lubrication won't hurt. After all, the sand came out greased which I thought meant it took away some of the oiling of the clamp. So I applied just a drop of WD-40, the standard lubricant I've been using for all kinds of household duties. Now the darn thing squeaks madly when I close/open it. This is really bad, because the sound of this squeaking may be very disruptive on location. Pre-opening this very section is awkward at best. Help me out. Boris mike wilson wrote: >> From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/03/19 Mon AM 07:03:25 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: The sand in the clamp (of my tripod) >> >> I think it is time I started a new thread. >> >> So here is the pic: >> >> http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/clamp.jpg > > For that, I would use a stiff brush to clean as much as possible. Then work > the clamp a few times and repeat. I suspect the pivot pin (gold coloured) > will push out in one direction (up, if I was designing it) with a bit of > effort. It might not do that many times, though. The manufacturer may also > have used some type of high tech glue. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
