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Guy at the parts counter told me my shutter timing was off because I wasn't cleaning the curtain rails, not the gears
I brought in a Nikon FM2 last month after 3 failed attempts to fix a capping shutter, and he said 'you're chasing the wrong part, those rails are gunked up.' Pulled the mirror box, swabbed the curtain rails with naphtha, and the timing hit within 5% on my tester on the first try. Anyone else been told they were fixing the wrong thing entirely?
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the_holly3d ago
Did you check the rail tension before you swabbed, or just go straight to cleaning? Wondering if the gunk was actually causing drag or if it was a tension issue all along. What did the old lube look like when you pulled it apart?
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