Rollei B35 rewind crank

[Vintage35]

Got to the end of a roll and went to rewind the film and the fork inside the film chamber seems to just slip as you wind. I thought the film had broke but it's the crank mechanism. You can actually hold the film forks and turn the handle, there is some resistance but not enough to rewind the film.

I guess it is similar to the Rollei 35, that repair manual just shows the parts and there seems to be no screw to tighten. What can I do?

 

[Vintage35]

Ok, I looked at my Rollei 35 and the rewind crank assembly is no where near the same as the B35 so If someone could tell me how to disassemble the B35 rewind crank assembly that would be greatly appreciated because I see no way to do it.

 

[Vintage35]

I figured it out, I couldn't get to my work bench with better lighting until now, there is a split ring to remove, the assembly pops out. The tab that pops-up into the slot of the center post was worn.

remove split ring (red arrow)

use spanner to remove this screw (red arrows)

(yellow arrow) tab is worn

 

[hanskerensky]

Always that flimsy plastic. Grrrr....

 

[Vintage35]

If only I knew somebody who might have a spare... 😀