The same thing happened to my D2H. After numerous glue and double-sided tape experiments, the best solution that I have found is gaffer's tape. Set the rubber cover aside and use one piece of tape to cover space where the rubber cover used to reside, then trim to fit with an Xacto knife.
euronail wrote:
In the back of my D2X rubber cover by the memory card door peeled off. Any suggestion what kind of glue use to fix it?
Weldwood Contact Cement.
Lift the rubber as far back as it will go. Remove it entirely if you can. Best to clean off the old glue if you can. Place a VERY thin coat of the cement on the rubber & the exposed metal, let dry, then press the rubber in place. Keep in mind that once the rubber meets the metal, it will bond the two parts completely, so things had better be aligned properly.
^ this I tried Gorilla glue once on a D2X....tough to control the ensuing expansion.
Got it right on subsequent tries with another D2X/D2Xs using contact cement. Easy fix.
I followed veroman's advice and bought a jar of Contact cement at Home Depot this afternoon.
I peeled back the rubber piece 2/3 of the way. I used a pairing knife to clean off old glue.
Applied a thin coat of Contact cement on both the rubber and metal part, I followed the instruction on the jar, let it dries for 30 mins until the glue has a gloss surface. I carefully press the rubber in place.
It does not work as I would expect. The problem is the rubber part has a contour area in the middle and the rubber is a bit stretch. When I press the rubber down, as soon as release it, it pops up. The rubber piece does not stay in place. At first, I thought maybe there was an air pocket, it was not. I guess, once you pull the rubber piece, it does not have same shape as the metal part and the glue is not strong enough to hold it in place.
I might have to try another glue or bring it to a local Nikon service to replace it.
This is VERY common on Nikon cameras. They haven't quite figured out how to keep the rubber grips on the camera. With time, the rubber stretches, so it won't simply glue in place. Canon's don't seem to have this same problem, but it's probably because canon uses a much thinner rubber on the grip of their cameras. Nikon goes for a nice thick rubber grip.
As Ben Horne pointed out, never happens on the Canon Bodies, ever, and I own plenty of those too, so its very dissapointing it remains an ongoing sore point on the Nikon Bodies when it should be easily fixed
It also happens on the rubber lens focus and zoom rings on the Nikkors, and once again never on the Canons
The rubbers end up stretching on the bodies and the lenses, quite frankly you're wasting your time gluing them back, you need to replace the rubbers once they stretch as they never go back in place properly
Send in a D3 or D3S for a full set of rubbers out of waranty and see what it costs, you'll be horrified, I think they are about $155 AUD out here
They need to get it sorted, it lets down what is otherwise a great Camera (apart from the LCD Fog problem but we wont go there)
Derek wrote:
As Ben Horne pointed out, never happens on the Canon Bodies, ever, and I own plenty of those too, so its very dissapointing it remains an ongoing sore point on the Nikon Bodies when it should be easily fixed
It also happens on the rubber lens focus and zoom rings on the Nikkors, and once again never on the Canons
The rubbers end up stretching on the bodies and the lenses, quite frankly you're wasting your time gluing them back, you need to replace the rubbers once they stretch as they never go back in place properly
Send in a D3 or D3S for a full set of rubbers out of waranty and see what it costs, you'll be horrified, I think they are about $155 AUD out here
They need to get it sorted, it lets down what is otherwise a great Camera (apart from the LCD Fog problem but we wont go there)...Show more →
Are you all very very sure that it never happen to Canon bodies?
It happened a while back that Canon users were complaining about the same issue and I even pointed out that it even happened on their new models on diplay at their own showroom here. Canon finally took action to replace those units at their show room. Models involved 5D mark II and the 60D.
Check my old post and you will find it. In my post I did specifically mentioned that it is happening to both Canon and Nikon.
I've only ever owned 1 Series bodies, over 20 of them, currently own 10, and it's never happened to any of those through 4 generations of 1 Series.
It has however happened on every D3 & D3S I've owned and every Nikon Zoom Lens, including all 3 200-400 I currently own, they replaced the rubbers on the lens, they come loose and stretch again in a matter of a couple of months
only my D2 bodies, none of my D3 bodies. it started happening on my D2X after a year. i've had a D3 since the first day it shipped and no sign of loosening yet though i have a replacement rubber kit for the D3 just in case. not interested in buying the D2 door just for the rubber. i contact cemented mine after a thorough cleaning of the original rubber and the door.
Herb...
Derek wrote:
unfortunetly a failing of all the Nikon Pro bodies, every D3 and D3S I owned (5) has done it within a few months of ownership
hans98ko wrote:
Are you all very very sure that it never happen to Canon bodies?
It happened a while back that Canon users were complaining about the same issue and I even pointed out that it even happened on their new models on diplay at their own showroom here. Canon finally took action to replace those units at their show room. Models involved 5D mark II and the 60D.
Check my old post and you will find it. In my post I did specifically mentioned that it is happening to both Canon and Nikon.
It is VERY uncommon for it to happen with Canon. I see a lot of pro bodies from both Canon and Nikon, and if I had to hazard a guess... I'd say 75% of Nikon's that are more than a few years old will end up having problems with the rubber grips. With Canon... maybe 5%. Nikon uses a different type of rubber. I prefer the feel of the nikon grips, but the thick Nikon rubber stretches easily, and gets very loose.
I tried Gorilla glue once on a D2X....tough to control the ensuing expansion.