EMERGENCY Polarizer stuck on lens problem

Okay guys, im leaving for alaska in the morning, and wouldnt you know it but my stupid polarizer is stuck to my 24-105. obviously with the circumstances as they are i cant order up a filter wrench set, and i need immediate assistance.

Stupid solution that probably only applies to dummies like me, but the same thing happened to me recently.

You know what the problem was? I was turning it the wrong way. Give it a try.

Good luck.
mark

vice with softjaws, rubber band style pipe wrench, channel locks etc.

Billginthekeys wrote in post #3361286
Okay guys, im leaving for alaska in the morning, and wouldnt you know it but my stupid polarizer is stuck to my 24-105. obviously with the circumstances as they are i cant order up a filter wrench set, and i need immediate assistance.

Try the rubber band around the filter edge trick...it worked for me...gives you a much better grip.

Have you tried one of those rubber jar opener thingy's from the kitchen?

yea ive tried a grip wrench. did nothing at all. it just turns on the roating part of the polarizer no matter how much you tighten it or put it toward the bottom.

Maybe it's too hot in Florida and you need to put the lens (protected) in the freezer for a short while so the metal contracts (and possibly loosens the threads enough). Do this if all else fails...but try the other suggestions first. Good luck...and have fun in Alaska!!

Billginthekeys wrote in post #3361331
yea ive tried a grip wrench. did nothing at all. it just turns on the roating part of the polarizer no matter how much you tighten it or put it toward the bottom.

I hate to say this but I had the same thing happen with my 77mm B& W on a metal filter case lid...

Used a Large Vise and Channel Lock Pliers on top of the rubber bands...

Got it off but after all was done I scratched up the lens washing the oil lubricant I had to use off it...

Jim7226 wrote in post #3361376
Maybe it's too hot in Florida and you need to put the lens (protected) in the freezer for a short while so the metal contracts (and possibly loosens the threads enough). Do this if all else fails...but try the other suggestions first. Good luck...and have fun in Alaska!!

already put it in the fridge... didnt do anything. im afraid its cross threaded but i really hope not...

Have you tried to use a wide rubber band to give you additional 'grip' on the filter? Hopefully this will allow you to turn the filter threads as well as the rotating ring. Polarizers can be difficult.

WMS

yep... still stuck....

Well there is always the nitroglycerin solution But I don't recommend it unless you are very very good with things which go bang.

WMS

crap..... this sucks.... i dont so much mind having the polarizer on my 24-105 that much.... its the not being able to have it on any other lens that sucks....

You're screwed. JK. Try to blow some compressed air around it, vice it, use a pipe wrench (or channel lock pliers) after you've wrapped it in a rubber band, the lens, that is. Use extreme caution. Would WD-40 carefully used ruin it?

I have had that same problem. I have found that if I actually tighten it just a smidge then spin it the other way it comes off. Hope this Alaska weather holds out for you cause it has been flat BEAUTIFUL!! EricL