RB67: Removing a Broken Cable Release Tip from the Socket
Originally posted on Instagram. Notes from the repair bench, kept here as a searchable archive. View the original on Instagram
A quick post to show the solution to something that I see often on cameras that have threaded cable release sockets (which is most of them).
This RB67 came into the shop for service, including a problem with using a cable release. Client could not thread in a release. In most of these cases, the issue is a broken tip stuck in the bottom of the threads. Photo two shows how the release socket looked and visible is the tip of a broken cable release. Simple solution is to put a 2mm wide slotted screwdriver into the release threads and turn out the broken part counterclockwise as seen in photo three. This technique has always worked for me, no need to do anything else to recover the part.
