When Rotation Of Viewfi Nder Becomes Diffi Cult - Sony HDVF-C30WR Maintenance Manual

1-16. When Rotation of Viewfi nder Becomes Diffi cult
When viewfi nder is rotated very frequently, there can be a case that rotation of viewfi nder becomes dif-
fi cult or that operator has uncomfortable feeling of rotation.
This phenomenon occurs when rotating block of a viewfi nder runs out of grease. Apply grease in the
following procedure.
Fixture
Sony grease (SGL-801): 7-651-000-11
Procedure
The following procedure presumes that the viewfi nder is already attached on a camera.
1. Remove the four screws and remove the cable guard.
(Refer to step 1 of Adjustment Procedure in Section 1-15.)
2. Disconnect the connecting cable (VF) from the cam-
era.
3. Loosen the four screws (with stopper) of the VF arm
assembly and remove the viewfi nder.
Release the connecting cable (VF) from the square
hole of the VF arm assembly.
4. Apply Sony grease to the portion "a" (at the two
locations) of the VF arm assembly.
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Apply suffi cient amount Sony grease satisfying the
requirement of step 5.
5. Rotate the rotary bracket to the right and left several
times until Sony grease is spread out over the entire
surface of the surface "b" of the slide washer.
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Wipe off the extra grease that oozes out to the rotary
bracket.
6. Install the viewfi nder by reversing the steps 1 to 3.
7. Check that the viewfi nder rotates smoothly.
1-24 (E)
Screws
(with stopper)
VF arm Screws
(with stopper)
assembly
a
Rotary bracket
a
VF arm assembly
Surface "b"
Slide washer
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