Synchro-Compur shutter with loose cable-release socket

[Huw Evans]

I've just acquired a 1960 90/6.8 Angulon in a Synchro-Compur 0 shutter. The cabl e-release socket seems very loose and I can't help wondering whether there is a retaining nut about to fall off inside and wreck the shutter.

As the lens was so cheap it doesn't seem worth paying for a professional repair, so does anyone here know enough about the insides of this shutter to tell me wh ether my concerns are justified? I am reluctant to try to open the thing up unti l I have a resonable idea of what I am likely to find.

Apart from this the shutter is just fine, and I'd rather not see it ruined, eith er by a simple problem that's just waiting to happen, or by an incompetent home repair job.

[john la plant]

Don't know if the cable release fitting has a nut on the inside or not, but try grasping the fitting with needle nose pliers and while pulling the fitting outwards, turn the lens/shutter counter clockwise. If there is a nut inside, there may be enough friction to hold it in place so that the fitting tightens up. Good luck John

[Huw Evans]

Thanks, but there is a second pin projecting into the casing of the shutter which will prevent the socket turning - presumably to stop it coming undone in this way.

I did actually remove the front cover of the shutter earlier today, but all that told me was that there was no way I was going to attempt any further dismantling. There was far too much machinery inside even to get a clear view of the fitting - whatever it was - that held the socket on. I guess I'll just have to take the risk of the nut (if that's what it is) coming off, or else get my local repair man to sort it out.

[Steve Grimes.]

These are usually not practical to repair. The cable socket is riveted in place and not intended to be replaced. They can be replaced with new Copal shutter.

Steve Grimes

[Huw Evans]

Many thanks. I suppose if it is a rivet and is simply loose then I can at least stop worrying about a nut falling off.