Hi Viento Have two 'instructive' ;-) pictures for you, glad to mail them. Grinding away some material seemed to be the only solution and still works great! Had no succes with lubricants at all. Let me know your mail-address

Probably too late this hint, but nevertheless... You could do this, it works for years now on my book: Take of the shields (very easy) with one of these handy Chinese sets or you could use an ordinary instrument screwdriver that fits. Take a mini-powertool like a Dremel or sort-like, grind away a thin layer of te steel that's holding the pin, preverable at several sides of its curved surface Grinding away half of the thickness will reduce its strenght 50%, do tests on the way, the book should stay open, even when it is almost closed!! I used a vacumecleaner to avoid particals too get in, while grinding. Works SUPER!! Good luck! /Volumes/Untitled/DCIM/100NIKON/DSCN1563.JPG /Volumes/Untitled/DCIM/100NIKON/DSCN1560.JPG