Nikon F2 CLA-question

[De_Corday]

I've been working on a project F2 that was jammed and needed some new film-advance parts... It's been running well, but recently the shutter has started intermittent capping... I'm losing four to 8 frames per roll. I have the mirror box out, and I'm wondering what the preferred CLA method is on these guys... do I need to disassemble further from here? Should these shutters just be cleaned, or also lubricated?

 

[De_Corday]

(also, the capping seems to only affect the fast speeds, the slow speeds are spot on)

 

[Highway 61]

Clean all the shutter rollers shafts with lighter fluid typically applied with a syringe and see what happens afterwards.

If this doesn't solve the problem (my guess is it will), it'll be time for an adjustment of the shutter brake and rollers shafts tension. But this must be done following the original Nikon repair manual and with the help of a trusted shutter speeds tester.

 

[De_Corday]

Thank you-- a little bit of lighter fluid and so far, so good. So should I ever lubricate the roller shafts, or are they designed to run dry?

 

[Ljós]

You are certainly putting your F2s to good use - I am impressed!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/evan_simko-bednarski/14881169399/


Greetings, Ljós

 

[De_Corday]

Thank you very much! I'm blushing.

Whenever I go out on a job-shoot, I try to carry an F2 or an F3 with me... Mostly because I love shooting them, but I've noticed that people are much more at ease around a camera that doesn't look like a high-tech weapon... the camera kind of disappears into the interaction.

 

[Landshark]

The roller shafts should be lubricated. The lighter fluid has some qualities of a lube but likely not to be as long lasting.

Watch oil.