Working with Olympus 35 RD Sticky shutter blades and other details disassemble part 

It's so complicated! You can learn from it again!

Thanks a lot for uploading! Just bought a barely used 35 RD that seemed fine when testing, but now is stuck... I already worked on older cameras but the 35 RD looks like a new level of complexity and the order of operation you documented is invaluable!

Here is the link to the article by Henry Taber, edoc.pub/olympus-35rd-shutter-and-aperture-blade-cleaning-pdf-free.html

Your job is great. Possible you show a Canon A series’ aperture step down time out of sync with mirror fix? Thank you.

Very Nice...could I apply these well explained steps to the 35 SP model?

Great work, very impressed. do you know if i can remove the timer for good?

Thanks for this. I have an Olympus 35 SP and can not remove the front lens element. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks for sharing! ..... Does the sticky old "oil" had a purpose? if we removed it, shouldn't it be replaced by a new one?

My Olympus 35-RC aperture blades are not moving at all. repairable? can I send it off to you?

I've repaired a bunch of cameras and lenses. Removing the lens elements on this camera was the hardest. I spent 2.5 hours trying everything I could... Eventually, only a combination of heat gun and plumbing wrench worked... The second lense is glued, it didn't move otherwise

Mate, this is probably one of the most helpful videos I've ever come across on youtube. Before finding it I was struggling to figure out removing all the lens elements to de-fungus, let alone fix the seized aperture ring.

Quite extraordinary.... Well I have your most gracious and generous video tutorial. Now I must find the bravery to approach this project and perhaps bring this lens back to usage. thank you very much --- cheers....

I hated the day my sensei declared I would become the shop's 35RD technician. We began to see oil from the lens' helicoid migrating onto the shutter blades within the first year of production! (Does this sound like the OM-10? It should!) That meant many, many warranty repairs from the very beginning of this model, followed by years and years of out-of-warranty repairs -- one of the most time-consuming compact repairs ever! It was required that we disassemble the entire mechanism, remove and clean each shutter blade and part individually, reassemble and set back to factory tolerances. But after the first score or so, I changed my mind, and declared I would make of myself the best RD repair tech. Soon I came to love them, and have repaired literally hundreds of these fine cameras! My typical repair time was little more than an hour! Near the end of my repair days, we began to see a problem due to excessive wear, though. This when the aluminum teeth of the shutter speed dial that mesh with the long brass gear shaft (shown at 23:30, precisely where your tweezers are pointing) wear out. As replacement parts were long gone, the only solution was to "harvest" good parts from dead bodies, but even those were soon exhausted. I regret that I could never find a method to resurrect a worn out shutter speed dial. But have a care! There are two different versions of this part, which must match the heavy brass ring with the hole through with the long brass gear shaft passes! Shutter speed dials from one RD will not necessarily match that from another! Still, I would save every RD I could find, if I wanted to keep fixing them.

Use ice cube to place your parts 😄

I love range finders from this period!

THANK YOU!❤

Good morning, The shutter mechanism of my RD is not working, I noticed that there is next to the piece that holds the pin that controls the opening, another piece where there is a very thin spring that is loose and I don't know where it goes. Could you help me with that. Thank you very much. Thanks for the video

I want to thank you for your nice video which allowed me to fix my RD which had stuck shutter blades. I also have a Canonet QL GIII with shutter blades and am looking forward to your next video where you explain how to take out and clean the individual shutter blades. I haven't found a video on the net where you explain the ""TOTAL"" disassembly of the shutter. Thank you !!!

When the camera is set to A Aperture blades operate normally and open to aperture set by the light meter; in manual mode they lag, do not open accurately to manually set aperture. Any idea why ?

I got lost after the second screw.

Hi Mike, I recently bought an Olympus 35 RD and your videos are being really helpful. Thank you for those uploads :) One thing, I had to "break" the first lens retaining ring (the one you're removing on minute 19:38) and I want to find a new one to replace it, do you have any suggestion on how to find one? Thanks.

hello i have Olympus 35 RC and it has infinity focusing problem.can you please give me advice?

Similar feedback to Alexander Chater mentioned below. Struggled with removing aperture housing from the front as mentioned from another online document. Great walk through of all the steps and explanation. Was able to salvage an Olympus RD with sticky shutter with this video. Nice work!

What is the charge for this job? Thinking about getting this camera but am way about the cost of repair it this happens

Hi, Thank you so much for the video! Can I ask a Questions? I have the same camera that seems to have stuck shutter because of oil dripping, I couldn't find anyone to repair it for me in my country so I am thinking into doing it Myself. Do you think I could do this if I never did something like this before. I am pretty much good at fixing stuff like bikes, my car and computers but this seems pretty complicated with a lot of small mechanical parts :) thanks again for the video Maestro!

Is the sticky shutter issue present on the Olympus 35 RC as well?

Do you think this problem can be solved by someone who has no experience with this kind of stuff? I do have acces to all the tools

Many thanks. Just finished mine and this was very helpful. Back in one piece and working perfectly now.

Hej. Jeg har to af disse kameraer med godt klistrede lukkere. Kan man købe et fiks? 😊

Hej Kenneth. Tager du nogensinde imod betaling for at reperere de kameraer vi andre ikke kan fikse? Mvh.

Do you ever use an ultrasonic cleaner in your repairs?

This is a great video to see the inside workings of the camera if you have problems other than sticking shutter and aperture, such as in my case, a jammed shutter ring. But if you only need to clean the shutter and aperture blades, you do not have to remove lens unit from the body. The complete shutter/aperture/lens assembly can be removed from the front. There is no need to remove the rear lens element. Below is a link to an article by Henry Taber on how to complete this task.

Hi Mike, would you be willing to fix one of these? I could pay you through Paypal. I hope to hear from you, thanks!