Trouble Chart - Kodak CHEVRON Service Manual

TROUBLE CHART
Trouble Remedy
Focus scale binds Check for trouble in the focus barrel guides (see Instruct i on No. 26).
If trouble is located in the focus ring ball race, return the Camera
to Rochester, New York.
F i lm does not meter properly
l.
Check for broken teeth on fi 1m stop ratchet ( see Instruct i on
No . 32) .
2 . Replace the double film stop pawls w i th a single pawl and new
spring (see the Kodak Chevron Camera Parts List, No . 5510).
3 . Remove bind from counter dial.
4. Increase tension of film metering spur springs on camera back.
5 .
Remove bind from fi 1m advance lever.
Film wind lever slow
in
re- P l ace winding lever spring on second bearing plate stud (see In-
turning
struct i on No . 14 for location) .
Shutter troubles
Since the Kodak Synchro Rapid 800 Shutter i s similar to the one used
on the Kodak Tourist Camera, repair adjustments are also similar.
(See Parts L i st No. 1-5250 and Service Manual S.M. No. 1-5250 for
the Kodak Synchro-Rapid 800 Shutter .)
Viewfinder automatic parallax
l.
Check for view finder contact arm binding on front plate.
does not operate 2. Increase contact tension of viewfinder assembly (see Instruction
No.4?).
View finder parallax incorrect Parallax can be adjusted by use of the adjusting screw (arrow 2,
Instruction No . 47). Place ground glass on back frame of camera
and center image of chart on ground glass.
Check vi ewfi nder for
center ing of chart w i th 828 mask in position. Adjust as necessary
and seal screw .
Range finder not clear
1.
Check for ref lecti ons in range fi nder.
2. Change the No.4 mirror in the range finder hous i ng to the late
s/lle mirror (old style mirror about 1/32" thick; late style about
1 16" thick) . See .Instruction No. 54, figure B.
3. Rel i eve tension of masks in range finder housing .
small mirror. See ,Instruction No.4.)
(Usual iy the
Range finder not regi stering
1. , Check for movable mirror bracket binding on pivot and replace
pivot if necessary. (See Instruction No. 43.)
2. Check for movable mirror arm riding on top of cam. Adjust arm
so that i t i s approxi mately in center of cam (see arrow in Instruc-
tion No. 45).
Range finder out of ad j ustment
See Instructions No. 54 fhrough No. 57.
Len s out of focu s
See Instruction No. 59.
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