Manfrotto 718B leg clamp failure.

[greengiant]

Setting my tripod up I hear a loud *crack* when closing the top leg locking clamp on my manfrotto 718B tripod:

Not even a year old, so I guess I'll get back in touch with the shop I bought it from for an exchange (after removing the camo tape from the top legs!)

-- Edit -- Guess time must fly! The tripods actually 14 months old. Didn't realise I had it for so long till I dug out the sales reciept. Still might email the shop to see what they say.

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Brian

 

[Raymond Lin]

Call Manfrotto to see if it can be replace with a spare part.

 

[greengiant]

Looking at the manfrotto website, they have a pdf catalogue of spares. Looks like the leg clamps are available as spares, so I'll try find a uk spares distributer and order up a leg clamp (or two for spare spares)

 

[Raymond Lin]

There is only 1 offical manfrotto spares distributer I think as i found out in the Canon forum, some guy lost the rubber feet in the mud.

They are

Johnson's Photographic.

You can get them on 0870 443 6843.

I hope this is ok with the mods, unless OCUK started selling Tripods and spare parts.

 

[olv]

i seriously wouldn't be shelling out my own cash. it's not your problem

 

[ElDude]

Of course it is. It's outside of the warranty. Anything after that period, you have to cover yourself.

 

[rickyt]

Had this happen on a old Velbon tripod [hardly suprising]. I think it is a poor design , there's too much stress on the plastic on these types of fastenings .I had a look around and most of the tripods have this design

 

[greengiant]

Raymond, I'll give Johnson's photographic a ring to see if they could get a spare leg locking clamp.

Meanwhile:

 

[olv]

Of course it is. It's outside of the warranty. Anything after that period, you have to cover yourself.

i posted before i saw the edit to his first post. well not before, i just didn't read the edit in the first post