Frameline selector lever eager for out-of-body experience

[JulianHalliday]

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I'm curious to know whether any other member has experience problems with their frameline selector lever. No, not functionality problems -- problems with the bloody thing simply falling off. It did that once, almost immediately after I received the camera; Leica kindly sent me a new lever and fastening screw. Since then, I've remembered to check the latter's tightness pretty much every time I pick the camera up -- which is tedious -- and it's always working loose. Leica recommends tightening with the rubber end of a pencil, but I suspect German radiergummis are more gummy than my (American) equivalent: mine get no purchase.

I hesitate to utter the sacrilege that this is a design flaw, but it seems so to me. I'm not eager to put LocTite in my M10 (or, rather, I'm eager not to do any such thing), but I have unhappy memories of walking around with the hole on the body covered with blue gaffer tape and, subsequently, tape in place to immobilise the errant screw...

So: Is this a unique experience, or are other users encountering it? Is there an effective fix? Thank you!

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[Jeff S]

Discussed often, not unique to M10....

Jeff

[pico]

Only because I'm of a generation which had to fix-it-ourselves I have accumulated some nifty tools. Among them are small face spanners. I suggest you get one and carefully torque the head screw down - not as much as you can because it would be too much. If it loosens again, a tiny-tiny dab of Loctite Blue, really tiny on the thread is warranted.

Best of luck,
Pico

Edited November 16, 2018 by pico

[JulianHalliday]

Ah, thanks, Jeff -- did a search but failed to find anything. Probably using wrong search terms, though it's hard to think what else to look for. Pico, thanks -- I shall look for face spanners. I do worry about the LocTite, but (since you are a dog) I trust your judgement.

[250swb]

12 hours ago, JulianHalliday said:

but I have unhappy memories of walking around with the hole on the body covered with blue gaffer tape

I recommend you use black gaffer tape.

But blue Loctite Thread Lock is what you want although nail polish can work if you can tighten the screw down before it sets.

[magixaxeman]

A tiny drop of blue Loctite on the thread of the screw will cure the problem