{"id":631,"date":"2011-05-12T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T21:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Reflections\/?p=631"},"modified":"2023-10-18T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T04:37:50","slug":"maintaining-and-repairing-your-gitzo-tripod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Reflections\/maintaining-and-repairing-your-gitzo-tripod\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining and repairing your Gitzo tripod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining and repairing your Gitzo tripod<\/p>\n<p>Tripods are put to hard use and eventually they need some maintenance. \u00a0For example, when the plastic bushings inside the legs wear out it it impossible to tighten the legs. The solution is to replace the bushings with new ones.<\/p>\n<p>You can either send your tripod to Gitzo and have them fix the problem (either bushings or other), or order the parts and fix it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>This website sells all sorts of parts for Gitzo:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gitzospares.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.gitzospares.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you do not know which part you need there are very convenient part finder diagram on this site to help you find the part number.<\/p>\n<p>If this doesn&#8217;t work, if you prefer talking to someone, or if you want to send in your tripod for repair \u00a0you can call Bogen\/Mafrotto in NJ to find out which part you need. \u00a0The phone number for parts is (201) 818-9500 Ext. 244<\/p>\n<p>You can also email them at: \u00a0parts@manfrottodistribution.us<\/p>\n<p>Alain Briot<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beautiful-landscape.com \"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.beautiful-landscape.com <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Subscribe to Reflections:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<form style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px; text-align: center;\" action=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify\" method=\"post\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Enter your email address:<\/span><input style=\"width: 140px;\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\" \/> <input name=\"uri\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"beautiful-landscape\/DEsG\" \/> <input name=\"loc\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"en_US\" \/> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>Delivered by <a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FeedBurner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining and repairing your Gitzo tripod Tripods are put to hard use and eventually they need some maintenance. \u00a0For example, when the plastic bushings inside the legs wear out it it impossible to tighten the legs. The solution is to replace the bushings with new ones. 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