Rolleiflex broken "pin" for closing backdoor

[begona]

I have telerolleiflex and that "pin" on the front bottom of camera is broken. I need to buy another one or make it by myself.

Any advices? Where to buy it?


Thanks

 

[Bill58]

I have telerolleiflex and that "pin" on the front bottom of camera is broken. I need to buy another one or make it by myself.

Any advices? Where to buy it?


Thanks

I'm not familiar w/ the camera or the part, but maybe if you don't have a camera repair guy close, a watchmaker can make a part that will work for you. Surely you can find a watch repair shop nearby. It sounds like an easy repair using a stainless steel or brass drill rod (small diameter, solid, round stock).

 

[S.H.]

I had the problem : my repair guy had to drill to remove the broken part and replace it (with an original part). A bit tricky to do it yourself.
He did it for free as I know the guy, but it should not cost much in a shop.

 

[begona]

S.H. do you know where to buy it?

 

[S.H.]

No, sorry 😱 : my repair guy has a truckload of spares parts, as he was a factory-trained official Rollei repairman for 30 years. But he rarely sells those parts. I can give you a link to the website, but he speaks only French.

Try perhaps a US repairman, as they have an easier access to spare parts (in France Nikon, Rollei, ... do not sell parts even to professionals).

Note: I think there are two sorts of such "pins", and they have a different screw.

 

[Blanc]

Yep there are different kind of those pins.

I doubt that Gerard would sell this part to anyone but there are some in the common american pool of the SPT so some american repair technicians should have some (sorry can't tell you which unless I order some for my shop the names are kept undisclosed).

That's definitely not an easy thing to do by yourself.

 

[Sanders McNew]

I have telerolleiflex and that "pin" on the front bottom of camera is broken. I need to buy another one or make it by myself.

Any advices? Where to buy it?


Thanks

One of my Rolleiflexes has a broken pin. It still closes and works fine.
You might find that the missing pin isn't worth the cost of a repair. Load
a roll and see for yourself.

 

[hanskerensky]

If i have seen correctly there seem to be at least 2 versions of that pin.
In the 1974 service manual there is a thread G1,7 (early) and a thread M1,7 (late) version. Now i don't know exactly what kind of thread G1,7 is (Withworth ? PG PanzerGewinde ?) but as you can see on this photo there is a clear difference between the two. The thread on the pins to the left has an outer diameter of about 2mm, the one to the right 1,7mm.

Also visible the small slits on the heads of the pins. Rollei made a special tool to fit into those slits for removing/installing.

 

[Steve M.]

I don't currently own a Rolleiflex, but I'm sure you could find a small, round head screw at the hardware store, file the head to more of an angle, and screw it in the camera. Or get a small aluminum rivet of the appropriate size, cut it w/ a pair of snips, and epoxy it in the hole. I've also successfully used these rivets as replacement legs for the bottom of TLR's.

 

[S.H.]

The problem is often that the screw is broken into the hole...

 

[matt_s]

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I had the exact same problem. I drilled out the old pin, purchased a small screw and threaded the hole I just drilled to match the new screw. I then re-shaped the head of the screw to look like the old, Rollei pin. Some lok-tite and voila!

I also have a full watchmaking setup in my house- but you could do this without much in the way of special tooling or skills, the difficult part is drilling out the broken screw.

Matt

 

[begona]

Thank you all for advices...I found some mechanic here in Zagreb and he said that he can fix it.... 😉

 

[micromoogman]

Are these "pins" still available? I'm interested if someone has a spare.

 

[Vobluda]

I have purchased one recently from Mr. Werner Bruer, Classic Fototechnik, Germany:

http://classic-fototechnik.de

Email: werner@bruer-bs.de

I have posted him 10 EUR in envelope and mr. Bruer send me the pin. Very nice person to deal with.

Are these "pins" still available? I'm interested if someone has a spare.

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

Yep there are different kind of those pins.

I doubt that Gerard would sell this part to anyone but there are some in the common american pool of the SPT so some american repair technicians should have some (sorry can't tell you which unless I order some for my shop the names are kept undisclosed).

That's definitely not an easy thing to do by yourself.

What is a "SPT"?
As you say different types were used, important to procure the correct one for the model in question.
Cheers,
Brett

 

[Rayt]

Not ideal but in an emergency a Rolleifix will hold the rear door closed. I broke the pin on a shoot and luckily had the Rolleifix with me.

 

[hanskerensky]

Brett, i found this page :

http://www.spt.info/

SPT = Society of Photo-Technologist

What is a "SPT"?
Brett

 

[Sarcophilus Harrisii]

Brett, i found this page :

http://www.spt.info/

SPT = Society of Photo-Technologist

Thanks, Hans!
Cheers,
Brett

 

[micromoogman]

Thanks for the link! Werner replied upon my question if they still were available, that one must rethread with M1.7 and use the newer type.
It must be a simple thing to start a small scale production? Any factory owner in China here?