Kr Faulty Edial

I am having problems using the Edial on the Kr. Say I want to change from F8 to F11 the dial sometimes works in reverse and gors to F6.I then have to roatate the dial until the correct stop is in place. The same problame also happens changing the apature settings. It also seems to be overexposing in some situations. I have contacted Johnsons and they estimate £170 for the repairs I dont want to spend that kind of money on a repair hence the thread to see if any one can help.

Regards Ian

Well known problem try squirting some electric contact cleaner into the dial slot and move the dial around a bit seems to work for a lot of
folks. Some even use wd 40. I think the problem is to much grease on the edial.Have a look on the other forum there is quite a bit about it.

Morning Geordie is this what you refer to on the other site or are you saying just run a little lubricant cleaner around the dial slot on top of the camera ?.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-r/145847-k-r-e-dial-repair.html

Here
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-r/219676-k-r-problem.html

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-r/193888-fixing-pentax-kr-edial-issu...

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-r/189303-k-r-e-dial.html

done mine with contact cleaner 6 months ago and it's fine since

Thanks Geordie will have a stab at it.

Ian

from our own forums:
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happy to report a little wd-40 solved my issue the first time, and never a problem since... been a couple years now, safe to say it worked for me.

Well just found a tin of wd40 and gave it a go and pleased to say alls well again. Thank you Geordie for the tip this has saved me quite a bit of money in repairs.

Ian