Broken allen screw on my Letus Extreme

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hayashi635

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From the last shoot I tried to tightened the allen screw on the ring of the achromat side. But soon after it's tightened the head of the screw fell off and the screw is still inside. Now I can't remove that ring and the only way I can't remove the Extreme from the camera is to spin the whole thing...let alone changing the achromat.

I emailed Hien twice (to sales@adapterplace.com) but no reply. Any thoughts to solve this?

Thanks.
 
Drill it out carefully, retap if needed and replace the allen screw.

ere are also special reverse or backwards drill bits for that job.
Usualy the work fine but I´m not sure if they come in that small size.
Ask your local hadware store.

Frank
 
Its called an "easy-out". After its drilled, the easy-out threads itself in counterclockwise and once completely in, the screw turns CCW and is removed. Not easy, especially with such a small screw...
 
Thanks for the input but I'm sorry I don't quite get it...

So what kind of a drill bit should I use to drill it out? Even smaller than the screw Letus used? It seemed quite impossible...
 
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