Gold Contacts Replacement

Morning all, after much wear and tear and a bit of bad luck i have manage to strip off one of the gold contacts from both a 60-250mm and 15-30 lens in a single day ....




I have checked several of my other lenses and these appear interchangeable, i'm quite sure there is just a ribbon cable underneath. Has anyone ever had this issue?

As a thought . does any one have an old spare or repair lens that that has this part they would be willing to sell, Im sure this is a diy job of removing the screws detaching the ribbon cable and replacing the part., DIY job.

Thanks
Geoff

Correction - Its not a ribbon cable but rather Male/Female plug with the contact metal as seen here.
https://youtu.be/10RUItX9zZw?si=3RjRDOQzgLjKOaUL&t=310

Yeah, I have been intouch, they unfortunately cant help and recommended J Pye - Which I have done but not had any response yet from them.

Thanks Steve, Already done but no reply yet from them.

It takes a lot of perseverance to get a response from them. I suspect they have very few repair staff from my own experiences.

Hey folks, thanks for the replies. I'm chasing on JP and Ricoh. Failing that, probably worth me posting on the Pentax centric Facebook groups, might be someone who has spares/repairs. Looking on ebay, prices for spares/repairs lenses are cost prohibitive.

Thank you for the model recommendations Kevin, thats helps a lot! Cheers.
Only other option, mate has a 3d printer, might be able to fabricate something.

I'll keeps folk posted.
Geoff.

Unfortunately not, the module is injected plastic around the brass contact, so there is no simple way to extract the brass and re-insert a new bit. I have tried

Right, progress is being made. JPye have been in touch and the replacement part x2 have been paid for
All being well should be back up and running before the weekend. If its of any use or help to people...

The Part Number is 481200M291

- If your in the USA then these guys list that part too
https://uscamera.com/product/pentax48120-0m291-power-contact/

Regards
Geoff

Thanks, and thankfully not. I was quoted £25 + VAT + Shipping, so all in around £30 total for x2 parts. Which is fine, I use these lenses extensively and although the lenses still function in a manual sense, my K1 is exhibiting assorts of quirks in operation, with them attached.

Evening folks, took delivery of the spare parts this afternoon and roughly 90 seconds per lenslater they are now both up and running again. Now it might be coincidence, pattern matching or just wishful thinking but the AF feels noticeably snappier on both lenses before the AF contacts breaking. I'm back in the game - i hope the information in the thread above also helps someone else in the future who might have this very same issue.