Reinstalling the turret on an Arriflex 16

[Sebastian Bock]

I have an Arriflex 16 on my table with a very sticky turret. Disassembling and cleaning the old grease was relatively easy. A forum search was also helpful about which type of grease to use for the  turret.

But now comes the problem: How do I reinstall the turret? How do I depress the 3 spring rollers at the same when I only have two hands??? There must be a secret trick. Does anybody know?

Thanks for your help,

Sebastian   

[Sebastian Bock]

OK, I found a workaround, but I am pretty sure it wasn't meant to be that way I did it...

[David Sekanina]

i ran into the same problem - what i did was press in the one spring roller that has the locking lever and lock it into the pressed in position. Now you only need to press in the two other spring rollers, which you can do with two flathead screwdrivers, while installing the turret. don't forget to apply the kluber dampening grease before.

[Simon Wyss]

Exactly the way a mechanic does it, slide in a piece of steel or brass foil to hold one roller down, then apply pressure on the other two with your thumb nails.

[David Sekanina]

you have stronger fingernails than I do ? but I agree, I felt uncomfortable using the screwdrivers to press the rollers in - two plastic cards maybe ?

Edited January 25, 2024 by David Sekanina