MG Audet

Anyone know where I can purchase a VR motor the Nikon 600mm f/4.0. Have a friend in Ecuador who wants to fix the lens himself and does not want to ship it to Nikon. Thanks.


Michael

tcthome Loc: NJ

If you do not want to go thru nikon, search onlinefor camera shops who do lens repairs. They might have one laying around.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Big mistake, BIG MISTAKE.

MG Audet

Not me, not me. Friend in Ecuador.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

"Big mistake, BIG MISTAKE."

I agree. It is always possible to buy one from Ebay or perhaps there could be a Nikon repair center of the past that could be willing to sell one.
Either way if the lens was mine it would be going to Nikon for repairs.

MG Audet

I agree, but the owner is adamant he wants to install and not send to Nikon. I would never attempt this, even if I could find the parts.

jimneotech Loc: Michigan

A tad tepid?

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I have no idea if the same is true outside the U.S....

Nikon USA has a policy of not selling replacement parts to ANYONE. Effective earlier this year, they only provide most spares to their own repair facilities.

Before this change, they supported around 15 "authorized" repairers, in addition to their own factory repair facilities... but this has been discontinued. They've had a policy of not providing parts outside their own network for around 5 or 6 years.... And this latest change constrains things even farther.

So, unless things are different outside the US.... OR, your friend is able to find a used part from a donor lens (unlikely) or a third party manufactured part (highly unlikely)... They may not have any choice but to sent the lens to Nikon for repair... And they may have no choice but to pay whatever Nikon wants to charge for the parts and labor.

I agree with other responses... I'd think twice about taking apart a $10,000 lens and trying to repair it myself! I hope your friend is an experienced camera (and lens) repair tech. Most people doing their first few lens and camera repairs end up with one or more unusable paper weights! A Nikkor 600mm VR would be a very big and very, very expensive paper weight!

MG Audet

Thank you for the advice. I tend to agree, but the friend in Ecuador seems pretty set on trying to fix it himself. Aside from that challenge -- and risk, is the challenge of finding the part. I believe the lens, new is about $12,000. Hopefully, he will change his mind and send it to Nikon for repair. I think the best all around way to go.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Looks like he already has it apart, so he might as well take a shot at putting it back together before he forgets how everything needs to go back. Not sure what the Nikon support is for Ecuador, but it is possible that there are strong reasons for him to try on his own.

MG Audet

Yes, you're correct, it is apart. No turning back now!

kkayser

Is the same motor used in less expensive lenses, if so, finding a donor lens is possible If not, it is very possible (probable) that a spare motor does not exist outside of an Nikon facility. Without proper equipment and procedures, how can he be sure it is the motor? It could be a controller, connection or contact. I don't think this lens is going to be repaired outside of a Nikon facility,ever.