Been sporting these binos throughout the world on my travels and only recently did they give me a little bit of a hiccup when I went to extend one of the eyecups and it had lost its clicking-detenting-staying in place abilities. Reading a few blogs and exercising my black belt in Google-Fu, I found that the only solutions online were to replace them. I figured if I could see inside the eyecup I could figure out what was wrong with them and try to engineer a new part to restore the clicking-detenting-staying in place abilities of the eyecup. After a few experiments, this is what I found to work best.
What you’ll need is a small philips-head screwdriver, a set of tweezers, and some small gauge electrical wire.
Follow along with me on the video to learn how to take apart your eyecups and restore their clicking-detenting-stayin in place abilities in as little as 5 minutes.
Obviously I may be treading on some possible warranty-violating concerns and as always what you choose to do is at your own risk but I’ve been happy with the repairs I’ve made and have since modified both eyecups to use my home-brew remedy to keep both eyecups working great.
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Great video, very helpful
What glue should I be using. I use Zeiss and the eyecup comes off pretty easily. Thanks.
VERY NICE!
Thanks for posting this video, I didn't realize the cups screwed out. Two differences with my Monarch 7 (2016): the cups screw out to the left and there are three press fit metal pins that are pushed out instead of the screws.
A++ would cup again