[HUG ] Re: A12 back question

Quoting A. Lal, who wrote on Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 10:55:47AM -0400 ..
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have been offered a couple of really excellent, almost mint,  looking A12
> backs, but each has a problem. The frame spacing on one overlaps for the
> first few frames, while the other one has no overlapping, but the frame
> borders are uncomfortably close.
> 
> Both are very little used, belonging to an amateur - in the good sense of
> the term - photographer friend who is selling off his kit. The inserts have
> the correct numbers to match the backs. Both backs were purchased new by the
> owner and have not been used for several years.
> 
> Is a DIY fix to this problem possible? If so, how complex is it and will it
> require expensive parts?

Without somebody knowledgeable inspecting them this is almost impossible to
say.  E.g. this week I got a newly acquired A12 of the latest model (with
slide holder) back from repair.  It looked quite mint, still it needed a 
gear replaced.  According to the repair technician it was otherwise just
fine inside, his guess what that a little lever that interlocks with the
gear had left the factory without properly having been 'rounded'.  Some
sharp edge had worn out the gear, making spacing very erratic.

YMMV etc.

Wilko

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