The click is back

[colyn]

My GSN had a rather sickly POD which I finally got around to replacing tonight.

Now I'll have to go out and shoot a roll with it...

 

[martin-f5]

congratulation,
it's a fun to open the electros.
Did you remove the pad in a small oparation with only opening the topplate,
or did you dismantel the lens?

 

[dhpc]

congratulation,
it's a fun to open the electros.
Did you remove the pad in a small oparation with only opening the topplate,
or did you dismantel the lens?

Martin --> Yashi-Doc

 

[colyn]

congratulation,
it's a fun to open the electros.
Did you remove the pad in a small oparation with only opening the topplate,
or did you dismantel the lens?

I removed the lens unit to gain access. The pad was so bad I had to clean it off where it is glued and where it makes contact.

Even before replacement the camera was working as it should..

 

[martin-f5]

how is it with the removing of the leather?
is that easy or doeas that destroy the leather?
I've never done this but at one electro I have to do this.

 

[caperunner]

Removing the covering

Removing the covering

Sometimes warming the 'leather' makes it more pliable and thus easier to remove without the likelihood of tearing.
I use a gas soldering iron with a hot air only attachment (a tube thing) and carefully warm up the covering. It seems to soften the glue too. Care is needed but I didn't need to say that...