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NOTE: If you need information on a FED 1 or a Zorki 1, CLICK HERE. NOTE: If you need information on a FED 5, CLICK HERE. For a discussion of how the later FED/Zorki shutter works, CLICK HERE. |
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...and a couple of photos: 
There are more detailed sketches, but no photos, for the Zorki 4. Note the slow speed delay mechanism, which is essentially identical between FED and Zorki: 
NOTE: The Zorki 4K is just like the 4, except for its lever-advance feature. Click here for notes on Disassembling the 4K wind lever. (Use your browser's BACK button to return) Thanks to JW de Leeuw in the Netherlands for these notes! 
To get at the shutter itself, you have to remove the body shell. It's not difficult: 
First remove the lens mount and the self timer lever. Watch for the shims under the lens mount, and make sure you put it back on the same way up. All screws are normal RH thread. *NOTE: In some Zorki 4's, the screw in the self timer lever has a LH thread. My notes are based on a 63xxx serial number example, which has RH threads throughout. I have had a report of a 73xxx camera with a LH thread on the self timer. 
Next, remove all of the chrome screws around the edge of the top cover (2 in front, 3 in back) and the 2 additional ones on the front. Now you can pull the outer shell downward and off of the camera. 
Under the body shell is another front cover plate. Remove all the screws from it and it too will slide off downward (poke the RF follower in to let it slide past). Under it are two light baffles that cover the shutter curtains. You may need to loosen a screw in the bottom to clear one of the baffles to get it out. Now you're in! 
One of the biggest culprits in all Leica type shutters is this big gearset in the bottom. Located where it is, over time it collects lint, film chips and all kinds of crud. If these gears don't run smoothly the opening curtain will hesitate and you'll get uneven exposures (or maybe no exposure at all at the top speeds) |
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