Parts On Mechanism Plate; Removal Of Shutter; Focusing Tube - Kodak Medalist II How To Service

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Figure 8
inserting a small tapered wood block in the channel
to the left of the coupler arm in which the top of the
camera back fits.
NOTE: The lower (unbroken) edge of
the couplet bar must fit in the slot be-
tween the range finder adjusting screw
(figure 1) and the range finder adjusting
screw lock stud.
PARTS ON MECHANISM PLATE.
Unhook the safety lever spring (figure 13) where
it hooks on the safety lever assembly stud near the
end of the assembly.
Remove the safety lever retaining nut and lift
off the safety lever assembly.
Lift off the safety control cam complete (figure
8) and the key complete together with the key post
washer and the key post gear.
Remove the gear shaftSCrew (figure 7). Lift off
the safety control idler gear.
Remove the trigger plate bell crank stud and
lift off the trigger plate bell crank (figure 13).
REMOVAL OF SHUTTER (See figure 9).
Disconnect the contact wire on the left side of
the focusing tube guide assembly. Using special
tool No. 501-A, take the initial tension off the shut-
ter retaining ring.Remove the retaining ring by turn-
ing it the rest of the way with a jeweler's screw-
driver. Then carefully draw the shutter out of the
focusing tube; at the same time guide the contact
wire through the holes in the focusing tube guide
assembly and shutter light guard. The wire should
be pushed through the holes at the same time the
shutter is being pulled out of the focusing barrel.
The shutter retaining ring will remain on the shutter.
Disconnect the ground wire from the right side
of the focusing tube guide assembly and guide the
wire through the hole in the guide plate at the same
time that the shutter light guard is being removed
from the focusing tube.
CAUTION: The shutter light guard is
made of thin metal and must be handled
with care. If it is bent by rough han-
dling, it may bind on the shutter operat-
ing disk and cause faulty operation of the
shutter or, in severe cases, jamming of
the camera.
FOCUSING TUBE .
Remove the two focusing tube guide screws (fig-
ure 9). These are the two screws underneath the
shutter operating lever slide on the focusing tube
guide assembly.
Remove the four lower focusing tube guide
screws (figure 10) to ft-ee the focusing tube guide
RETAINING RING lEVER AND END ASSEMBLY
INSERT
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FOCUSING TUBE
lOCK SCREW
GUIDE ASSEMBLY
GUIDE SCREW
Figure 9
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