Diomedes
Vjekoslav Bobić
Could somebody tell me (or show me) how to dismantle a wind lever from Zorki 6 camera. I'm trying to lubricate my camera and I don't want to break something. Thank you very much 
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DaveP
Well-known
HELLO,
The collar surrounding the shutter release button is right hand thread, I used a piece of inner tube to remove mine.Under that ,after removing the frame counter scale is a brass slotted ring that is also right hand thread.Remove that and the wind lever lifts off.There is a spring attached and a gear that will come out.Now you can remove the rest of the top for cleaning.Reassembly is a reverse of what you have done.I made a tool to replace that spring, take a small dowel rod and hammer a good sized sewing needle in the end. Add a drop of epoxy then take a pair of side cuts and cut the needle eye in half. Now you have a nice forked tool to work with springs.As you set the wind lever back on there is a little ratchet cam that you have to make sure engages with the gear so the lever will fit on all the way and work. Ive probably made this sound harder than it is, the job is straight forward and you can clean up the top and lube in about 45 minutes, not a big or difficult job at all.............
P.S. While your under there, remove the lens from the eyepiece and clean it and the side of the prism facing it, made my view finder 10 times brighter
The collar surrounding the shutter release button is right hand thread, I used a piece of inner tube to remove mine.Under that ,after removing the frame counter scale is a brass slotted ring that is also right hand thread.Remove that and the wind lever lifts off.There is a spring attached and a gear that will come out.Now you can remove the rest of the top for cleaning.Reassembly is a reverse of what you have done.I made a tool to replace that spring, take a small dowel rod and hammer a good sized sewing needle in the end. Add a drop of epoxy then take a pair of side cuts and cut the needle eye in half. Now you have a nice forked tool to work with springs.As you set the wind lever back on there is a little ratchet cam that you have to make sure engages with the gear so the lever will fit on all the way and work. Ive probably made this sound harder than it is, the job is straight forward and you can clean up the top and lube in about 45 minutes, not a big or difficult job at all.............
P.S. While your under there, remove the lens from the eyepiece and clean it and the side of the prism facing it, made my view finder 10 times brighter
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pshinkaw
Guest
Photo illustrations of this process are located here. Seems a little slow to load, be patient.
http://muj.proit.cz/roman/z6disass/
-Paul
http://muj.proit.cz/roman/z6disass/
-Paul