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[DenisP]

Hi,

I have a 2x3 Pacemaker Speed, and a few days ago I had a mishap: I was checking the drop bed function with one of my lenses, when I noticed that the rails are somewhat wobbly. I took a closer look - and saw that the back part of the rails became "derailed" on one side!
I.e. the left side of the back segment of the rails somehow was outside its fitting (came out of the groove on the bed).
After some (careful) fiddling, which included partial disassembly (i.e. unscrewing) of the rail guides, I managed to get everything back into place.

However, I noticed that now my Kalart RF (side mounted version, with prism on the bottom) is now out of sync. First, the arm (lever) inside the body, which touches the eccentric screw, seemed to be bent just slightly towards the interior of the camera housing, enough to make contact with the screw head, instead of the "groove" (i.e. the recessed part of the screw shaft). Some careful bending took care of that.
But, that still leaves me with the RF image that's off. For example, when I focus on 6 feet (bed scales are still OK) checking the ground glass, the RF image is off, and becomes aligned only when I focus much closer (i.e. to less than 4 feet). That means that the arm (which rests on the eccentric screw) should be in more forward position than it actually is.

Somehow I suspect that I must have messed up the RF arm (lever) inside the body. I noticed that it's connected to the top shaft just on top inside of the body, and that there's a screw there.
Could it be possible to make some adjustments there, instead of going through the whole procedure of full alignment? I did that once, and it took me quite some time... ((

Thanks in advance,

Denis

[bertsaunders]

Email me at
BSAUNDERS1@BAK.RR.COM
(small case of coarse)...I will try to talk you thru the proceedure for the arm location! Bert