I received a Zus 40 for my 17 fuze last week from a friend and bocn member ,something i had wanted a long time to go with the fuze i got from the late madbomber ,
unfortunately numb nuts me broke it within hours of getting it ,age had seized up the insides and the detent arm snapped off,a quick word with the donor and he suggested cutting it,
so cut it was and a new detent arm fitted,although seized solid once opened up i managed to get it all moving again even saved all the original springs except the one on the slider piece which i replaced with a weaker one for ease of movement
For a description of how it works pzgr40 has a really nice example here..
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/4053-ZUS-40-(Anti-withdrawal-device-40)-Germany-WW2
this is my example...
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unfortunately numb nuts me broke it within hours of getting it ,age had seized up the insides and the detent arm snapped off,a quick word with the donor and he suggested cutting it,
so cut it was and a new detent arm fitted,although seized solid once opened up i managed to get it all moving again even saved all the original springs except the one on the slider piece which i replaced with a weaker one for ease of movement
For a description of how it works pzgr40 has a really nice example here..
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/4053-ZUS-40-(Anti-withdrawal-device-40)-Germany-WW2
this is my example...
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