Repairing a Rolleiflex 2.8 C

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Hi All, I'm new to this forum, so if this is not the correct discussion thread for this subject, my apologies.

I appreciate some help with this issue:

I’m trying a DIY repair of this Rolleiflex 2.8 C Camera and tried to remove the entire ‘Lens Tray’ ( not sure if that is the correct word, but the Black color tray shown in the pic.) in order to reach out the other internal parts and clean them.

I’ve removed all the screws that the tray holds on to the base, but could not take the Tray out as it is held by the link shown in the picture (marked in red squire ). Currently this is the only connection that prevents the lens tray coming out.
Any suggestions on how I could resolve the issue, please?
Thanks in advance .
 

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Welcome to Photrio.
We have moved your question to its own thread in the Camera Repair sub-forum, because it deserves its own place there.
We hope you get the help you need.
 

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Hi All, I'm new to this forum, so if this is not the correct discussion thread for this subject, my apologies.

I appreciate some help with this issue:

I’m trying a DIY repair of this Rolleiflex 2.8 C Camera and tried to remove the entire ‘Lens Tray’ ( not sure if that is the correct word, but the Black color tray shown in the pic.) in order to reach out the other internal parts and clean them.

I’ve removed all the screws that the tray holds on to the base, but could not take the Tray out as it is held by the link shown in the picture (marked in red squire ). Currently this is the only connection that prevents the lens tray coming out.
Any suggestions on how I could resolve the issue, please?
Thanks in advance .

That's the shutter cocking lever. It shouldn't be attached to anything as far as I remember. Maybe it's just caught up or has become bent.
 

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You are probably being held in place by the bellows around the rear of the taking lens. Yep, clothe bellows. There are two retaining rings at the top and bottom of the bellows. One screws into the back of the shutter assemly. The other end clips into a recess on the camera body.

Hate the things. Maybe Rollei had a nice tool for removing them, but I've never seen one. Maybe someone here has a clean safe way to undo the bellows. On a couple of cameras I've been able to unscrew the bellows from the back of the lens, but that's tricky. If you stress the old clothe, you can rip the bellows. I usually use a dental pick to slowly walk the rear part out of the camera body. Be very careful of the rear of the lens right there- put focus at full extension... ack, hate hate hate those things...
 
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That's the shutter cocking lever. It shouldn't be attached to anything as far as I remember. Maybe it's just caught up or has become bent.

Thanks for the info.,
Is there any other way to reach this bent/caught-up lever? Thanks
 
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You are probably being held in place by the bellows around the rear of the taking lens. Yep, clothe bellows. There are two retaining rings at the top and bottom of the bellows. One screws into the back of the shutter assemly. The other end clips into a recess on the camera body.

Hate the things. Maybe Rollei had a nice tool for removing them, but I've never seen one. Maybe someone here has a clean safe way to undo the bellows. On a couple of cameras I've been able to unscrew the bellows from the back of the lens, but that's tricky. If you stress the old clothe, you can rip the bellows. I usually use a dental pick to slowly walk the rear part out of the camera body. Be very careful of the rear of the lens right there- put focus at full extension... ack, hate hate hate those things...

Thanks for sharing info., really appriciate.
 
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