Classic SLR film advance jam, my fix and a question

My neighbor dropped off a film SLR with the film advance lever stuck. I took it apart and saw a bent metal tab blocking the gears, so I bent it back. Do you ever see bent parts like this, and what tools work best to fix them?

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eva46822h ago

How do you bend it back without the metal snapping?

mia_hart901d ago

Ever seen a bent catch like that on a Kodak Retina? My buddy had one where the film counter spring was all twisted up from someone forcing it. He used a pair of smooth jaw needle nose pliers to straighten it, but he said you gotta go slow or the old metal can snap. He also had a tiny metal file to clean up any rough edges after bending. It worked, but that camera was always a little fiddly after that.