Step by step disassembly of the Ihagee original EXA - I

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Step by step disassembly of the Ihagee original EXA

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: Step by step disassembly of the Ihagee original EXA - I

Jesito wrote:

Well, thanks to Attila that sent me a Ihagee EXA body I've been able to know more in detail how these nice cameras do work. Although I haven't been able to fix it yet, I know where the problem is, and I've been able to reach that point in the shutter mechanism.

For anyone interested, here are my findings on how to unassemble the EXA:

#1, Remove the viewfinder and the take-up spool. Set the shutter speed in the "B" position.

#2, Remove the right side winding know by loosening the screw in its side

#3, Remove the two screws that hold the top plate

#4, Pull out the top right plate. If you're going to fix some mechanism inside, better place again the winding knob in its place..

#5, Go to the front side and take out the shutter blocker by removing the screw in the middle.

#6, Take out the four screws that support the lens base and take it out

#7, And take out also the three remaining screws that hold the front plate in place (bottom corners and top left corner).

#8, There are two additional screws on top of the front plate that have to be removed as well

#9, Now you can pull out the front plate.

#10, There is still a last screw to remove under the top plate. This one fixes the inside mechanics block to the case.

#11, Finally, remove the two screws inside the camera film holders.

#12, Now, before the internal mechanism can be pulled up it's necessary to remove the film sprocket taking out the two screws on bottom and the top screw that fixes a small gear

#13, So now the internal block should be free and removable from the camera top:

And that's all. It's not needed to disassemble the top left plate (I found it too late

).

Some views, before cleaning and investigating the problem:

Special thanks to Carsten that helped a lot in translating some obscure german words that were making the text ununderstandable to me.

That's all by now.

Jes.
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