Gitzo rebuild kits available anywhere??

[Sparky]

I'd imagine that I'm not the only one who might need such a thing. I have a few older 500 series Gitzos that are getting just a little bit, well, WONKY let's say... it seems to me that it might be remedied by a rebuild kit, containing replacements for all the mechanical hardware holding these together. Anybody ever hear of anything like this available? I know I should probably just contact the distributor (whoever that is) - but I'm lazy and I thought someone might know...

thanks.

 

[Steve Hamley]

http://www.naturescapes.net/store/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=12

You might e-mail or call them and see if they can get parts for your model.

Steve

 

[Lee Hamiel]

May try these guys - they also have drawings of the parts diagrams.

See:
http://www.thefotogeeks.com/gitzo_diagrams.htm

Good Luck

 

[blaze-on]

I went to bogen/manfrotto to get new tips for my gitzo legs, and they were pretty good to work with.

 

[naturephoto1]

Hi Sparky,

You may want to follow Matt's suggestion and contact Bogen Imaging (the US distributor for Gitzo), here is their link:

http://www.bogenimaging.us/

 

[jamie young]

I'v had threads strip on the top leg tightening pieces on my oldest pro studex a few times (it's thirty years old and in daily use). I went to bogen for parts-
pricey but helpful. Everything but the threads should be easy to deal with by tightening, I would think.
Jamie Young