JonK
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I recently sent my BG-E2 grip in for the free grip repair per there service bulletin: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/c...ct&fcategoryid=215&modelid=10464&keycode=2112
I got my grip back but haven't been able to test it out because they neglected to repair another issue I had noted to them; that of the broken 'dial assembly' that wouldn't allow me to remove the grip from the camera without using brute force.
To make a long story short I took it apart myself to find the problem. Turns out the dial itself is made entirely of plastic including the gear in the middle of it which must mesh with another, more robust gear which is made of metal - you can guess where I'm going with this....the metal gear shredded the plastic teethed gear on the thumb dial rendering it useless.
Anyway, I called them up and they sent me a schematic from which I could choose the part I needed which you will see in the pic below.
It was $35 CDN plus shipping (i needed it quick as I'm heading out of the country) for a total of $47 CDN.
I just hope this one has been upgraded to metal.
My grip is the first generaton BG-E2...I do believe they addressed some issues with it in later versions.
Hope this helps anyone who may be having similar problems.
schematic
shredded gear
metal gears the dial meshes with
I got my grip back but haven't been able to test it out because they neglected to repair another issue I had noted to them; that of the broken 'dial assembly' that wouldn't allow me to remove the grip from the camera without using brute force.
To make a long story short I took it apart myself to find the problem. Turns out the dial itself is made entirely of plastic including the gear in the middle of it which must mesh with another, more robust gear which is made of metal - you can guess where I'm going with this....the metal gear shredded the plastic teethed gear on the thumb dial rendering it useless.
Anyway, I called them up and they sent me a schematic from which I could choose the part I needed which you will see in the pic below.
It was $35 CDN plus shipping (i needed it quick as I'm heading out of the country) for a total of $47 CDN.
I just hope this one has been upgraded to metal.
My grip is the first generaton BG-E2...I do believe they addressed some issues with it in later versions.
Hope this helps anyone who may be having similar problems.
schematic
shredded gear
metal gears the dial meshes with