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octafish · Joined: 09 Oct 2002 Posts: 2 Location: Australia

I just bought a bargain top r/f crown in pretty beat up condition. The cam is missing the "metal spagetti" part of the rangefinder seems jammed, and the pin/plunger is missing from the rear rails. The most annoying damage is to the linkages between the front and rear rails. They are completely severed at the rear rails. They still have a portion of the rear link though so I could use them as a template to replace them. My Question to the forum is how do I remove the pins that holds these links in place? Are they friction screws? Will I have to drill them out? How is it done?
P.S. given the missing parts in the rf is it worth trying to repair/replace it?

45PSS · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:40 am Post subject:

This fellow members site has fair, but very useable, quality jpeg's of the factory service manual that one can download or print. http://hmartin.mysitespace.com/graflexindex.html
Charles

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octafish · Joined: 09 Oct 2002 Posts: 2 Location: Australia

Thanks for the link. Well it seems like they are pins. I would still like any advice that I can get regarding their removal. I hope to remove them myself and give the links to a fitter and turner to copy.

bertsaunders · Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 8:36 am Post subject:

They are pins, just back them up over a hole on a block of wood and drive them out!
Bert