problem with tripod mount

MattLowery · #1 05-23-2005, 07:57 PM

My wife's 1Ds has a striped tripod mount, the place where it screws in at. This is her busy time of year and we don't want to be with out it.

My question is this: It seems that there are four small screws that should be removed to replace the part in question, I have a extra one that I could rob from a D60 but I am afraid to open the bottem of the camera. I called Canon and they were a bit LESS that helpful. The camera is a year or so out of warranty so that is not an issue. I've been unable to locate a drawing of the inside of the camera so I am coming here for help.

Thanks in advance,
Matt

James_Buttons · #2 05-23-2005, 09:39 PM

You can find the parts lists for the D60 & 1Ds here:
http://f20c.com/stuff/canon/partslist/

PS the p/n for the tripod socket on the D60 is: CB2-0571-000
the p/n for the tripod socket on the 1Ds is: ???

The 1Ds looks like a completely different animal here. You might have to order the CG2-0732-000 part for the 1Ds for the tripod socket, if you can even buy one.

Good luck..

MattLowery · #3 05-23-2005, 10:20 PM

So the tripod socket is mounted to the plate on the bottom and not to something on the inside?

Matt

rick_allen · #4 05-23-2005, 10:31 PM

From looking at the diagrams I think its more like to be as part of the cgy-0732-000 part because directly below that is an o ring Cb3-0184 for the tripod. Cy3-1425 or name plate looks easy enough to remove so give it a go. MIND YOU OTHER THAN LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAM I KNOW NOTHING....I KNOW NOTHINK.

James_Buttons · #5 05-23-2005, 10:36 PM

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So the tripod socket is mounted to the plate on the bottom and not to something on the inside?

Matt

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It isn't very clear to me on the 1Ds. The tripod socket isn't shown as being a separate p/n from the bracket. It may still be able to be removed, but if this were the case, I would think the list would call out the screws and the socket like it does on the D60. I don't own either of these cameras so I can only go by the diagram.

If there are small screws around the tripod socket on the 1Ds and the pattern matches the D60, you might have a chance, but you will be taking apart the 1Ds to find out. Might be better off sending to Canon..

Also there are ways to repair damaged threads depending on your mechanical skills - do a search on Heli-coil.. But I would only do this if you can't or are unwilling to send back to Canon. I have used Heli-coil repairs with mixed results and I don't think I would want to make a $4000+ bet that the repair would hold my 1Ds/lens combo on a tripod.

Josh_Gibson · #6 05-23-2005, 11:38 PM

I had the same stripped mount problem a couple of weeks ago. Here's how I solved it. I couldn't afford not to have my camera for a few days so I had to take the risk of repairing them myself. My theory was that if I screwed it up I didn't have a camera and if I sent it in for repairs, I also was without a camera.

Go to the auto parts store and get a Heli-coil repair kit. You need the 1/4-20 kit, a tube of the red (permanent) loc-tite, and a 17/64 metal drill bit.

Here's the part that takes some nerve. Drilling into a camera that costs that much with a hand-held powerdrill. You've got to bore out the space for the new threads. BE SURE TO TAKE OUT THE BATTERY. You are going to drill through the base of the camera into the battery compartment. There's no way around this. The piece of metal that you're drilling through is so thin there is no way to stop it from being bored out. We're talking double thick aluminum foil. It is not an integral piece of the camera. It isn't part of the body, just the tripod mount assembly. That's why you have to have the battery out. Otherwise you risk drilling into that.

Then follow the rest of the directions on the Heli-coil kit. It really worked well for me until I could find the time in my schedule to send the camera into Canon and get it repaired properly. When you're done, the new threads may hand out just a hair, but I didn't find that it affected how the camera mounted on my tripod head.

I think my total repair bill from Canon is for $150 to fix that and a bad firewire socket. I haven't gotten the camera back from Canon yet, but I didn't get any calls from them telling me I had killed the camera either.

Good luck.