That sticky shutter button nearly cost me a 35mm roll of wedding shots

Last Saturday I was finishing up a CLA on a Nikon FM2 and put the shutter button assembly back together with the wrong grease. Three test shots worked fine, then the button stuck halfway on the fourth. Had to disassemble the whole top plate again, clean every bit of that lithium grease off, and switch to a tiny dab of Super Lube 21030. Anyone else had grease creep into places it should not go?

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averywright1mo ago

Grease always finds a way to spread... it's like the universe hates clean reassembly. Really makes you wonder how many little things in daily life have the same hidden trap.

sanchez.blake1mo ago

Doesn't it feel like most problems in life are like that, spreading from one small crack? You fix one thing and suddenly three more pop up, like the universe enjoys piling on just when you think you're done. I've learned that staying patient and tackling each little mess as it comes is the only way to keep from going crazy.

alicec861mo ago

Used to think grease was grease and it would all work out fine. Not anymore, that stuff creeps everywhere like it's alive.