Yashia YK, Loose 'Pin' part ..

[peter k.]

This is what happens when you go visit the kids... ya may get a loose screw:confused:
In this case its a Pin of some sort, found laying in the area shown in the attached image, located under the film advance lever location. I disassembled that area hopping to find where it went.. but don't think it lives there.

The rangefinder would focus as it should.. so doubt if its from that territory, unless something fell out when I was dismantling the camera.
Any ideas where it lives?



Background:
Son, knows I'm into old film cameras... so somewhere he had picked up and old Yashia YK.. it had been dropped and shows a dent on the lens, where the filters would screw in, and on the side, where the film advance lever is, near the top. Its very dirty, shutter won't work.. ect.. so having never gotten very deep into guts of my other cameras.. figured this was an ample opportunity to dig in, learn how to do a CLA of the shutter ect, and learn something about repair.

Found a couple of sights on the net with take down images and info.. they have been a great help...
Dead Link Removed
http://tinywrench.blogspot.com/2011/02/yashica-yk.html

 

[peter k.]

Problem solved... worked it out..
Without this pin 'spacer' inserted into the bottom of the trigger, one is not able to advance the film to the next shot...
It must have fallen out when I removed the top, it fell out..., as the camera has to be upside down to keep it in place in putting the top on. :munch:

A parts breakdown manual would be helpful.. couldn't find one in my searches...