Oh, man. It's almost two years later and I really want to know how this turned out. WD40 is bad news when applied to moving mechanisms without a followup of some kind of clear synthetic oil. And this is not even taking into account just how bad that much oil of any kind would be for the the camera overall. I would recommend a tiny drop or two of Tri-Flow, watch oil, or even sewing machine oil and forgo the WD40 altogether.
This is the worst way to fix this ! WD40 will ruin other lubricants inside your camera. People, please, do not do that. Use a properly bent needle to drop a very tiny amount of a vaseline mineral oil on the right spot !
@@daedae9652 It is bad ! The noise will disappear ok but the WD will go everywhere ruining other lubricants and ending up in places you dont want to see it like on the curtain etc. I have made a video on my channel for this problem. It's in french but it will show you the right way to do this.
@@HostoPhoto Thanks for your video, it's super cristal clear and I repaired the squeak of my AE-1 program with a single drop of oil ! Your video is the BEST on youtube !
Yes, this is absolutely Not the way to do this. WD40 will go all over the inside and can ruin the camera. I use only 2 very small drops of sewing machine oil and it works perfectly. DONOT USE WD40
Didn't read the comments before doing that. Shutter works now, but it's apparently not the best thing to do for the camera. I can inform in this comment section, if my camera still works in the future
Give an update comment when the squeak returns. As ya know wd40 dries up quickly and leaves a gummy/varnish residue which may cause more problems. Curious on how long it takes, weeks or months. Just to be complete, after researching for a couple days I find from various sources online that a drop or two of Nyoil or a clock/watch oil is the recommended lubricant for this mirror damper gear. Not hating or being a smart ass, just sharing what i've found. note: wd40 also has cleaning solvents in it which will strip away original lubricants inside the camera aswell. If you choose to use wd40 I read from one source that you can squirt some into a container and put it in the freezer which will separate the oil in the wd40 from the other solids in it, then suck up that oil with a syringe to drop onto the gear.
@@kadenharris6300 yep used nyoil and did the tear down that involves removing top of camera. If you do tear down from top I advise getting a proper adjustable spanner used for removing the circular bit with holes in it, forgot what the part is called. Im sure other lubricants work but I just got the nyoil since every camera repair guy shills it so hard.
@@kadenharris6300 wd40 will be a quick fix that eventually causes the squeeak to return and will slowly cause it to gum up over time. Itll also make it smell like wd. Up to you.
I doubt that. They wanted $100 for a full clean/lube/adjust service, commonly called a CLA, during which they would have fixed the squeaky mirror gear (it's not really the shutter that squeaks) the right way, but fully lubricating all the appropriate spots.
I just bought 2 Ae 1 cameras today. 1 had this issue the other had a stick shutter then a wired flap fell out of the camera lol idk where it’s from but the camera seems to function just fine now that it fell out
For those who seek an alternative solution. A squirt of Zippo fluid will do the same. Advance the camera a few times and let it sit overnight without a lens on it and the film back open so the fumes can escape. It wont oil te gears but it will get rid off the acces gunked up grease and dirt from there. You might need to open the bottom after that to see if any grease might a sunk to the bottom for you to clean. Don't use WD-40!! It's better to have no oil instead of to much oil.
New camera. There's no way to get that all out of there that doesn't involve completely disassembling the camera. If it's in the mirror box, it will eventually reach the shutter itself, which means it will likely get on the film itself.
Screwhead strips because a Phillips screwdriver is not the right tool for this job. It requires a #00 JIS screwdriver or bit, available on Amazon in various bit kits. JIS is Japanese Industrial Standard and is designed to not cam-out of screwheads like Phillips tend to do, and the screws are designed for it.
