JohnBarlow Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Very rare 1954 scope by Chrestien. Been sitting in a shed in France for 40 years and normally the grease gets solid like toffee, but with this one the grease has actually crystalised, wow! Anyway its undergoing a careful teardown for a lube and I found a ball race.... Looking forward to the super smooth focussing when its back to spec Ian Edward Weir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docunagi Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Hello, I happen to have the same lens but without the steel balls. Would it be possible to know the diameter and number of balls to try to fix my lens? Does all the balls are placed around the thread ring with some grease? Hope you get this message… thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimor Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Carte D'or Rum&Raisin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docunagi Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I saw that but kept my message in english Apparently in Liverpool they have some french ice scream ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien416 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 On 16/02/2018 at 9:54 PM, docunagi said: Hello, I happen to have the same lens but without the steel balls. Would it be possible to know the diameter and number of balls to try to fix my lens? Does all the balls are placed around the thread ring with some grease? Hope you get this message… thanks Hi, I have exactly the same hypergonar. I remembered I had one steel ball left when I finished servicing mine. I am not too eager to dismantle it again so I can only give you the diameter. It's 3mm. You can get a few dozens of them, having spare ones won't harm you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docunagi Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 great ! super thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docunagi Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 After some search on the web, there are apparently 61 balls. If it could help someone… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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