Broken gear Can anyone tell me where I can purchase a replacement gear for my FZ5 (silver) lens?

Most lens error codes on a Canon A4000 are caused by a broken pinion axle pin or sheared gear teeth in the lens extender gearbox. If this is your problem you can get a new gearbox or gears at: Gearbox for A4000
To watch a YouTube video on how to repair this go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oMpFFtzQJwg

Hi,
It appears lens assembly got broke for some reason and need to be replaced. Qualified camera tech will take apart lens mechanism and will replace broken/ cracked part to get camera back in function.
Hope this will help.
Thanks.

yes dust in mechanism or broken gear but ti not easy

Here is a link that shows how to replace the broken LCD Screen on the LG KF700. There are links to buy a new KF700 LCD screen

LG KF700 LCD Display Screen Replacement

Hi kevin3738 and a_nester

ok for kevin3738,
im thinking that since you said your lens doesn't extend all the way out that maybe you might have cracked a gear in the lens housing, the mechanism to extend that is located when you open the camera and take off the front face plate, on the right side of the lens housing **silver part** you see a black plastic casing attached to a motor on top and screws in it, that is what moves the lens housing in and out, in that are a few gears, i think 4 of them lat move the housing, 3 small ones and one big one that reaches down to the bottom of the housing, they are interchangable but im not sure as to where you could find a gear to replace the broken or cracked one,

And for a_nester
im gonna take a guess at what exactly the problem is on your camera, and it might be the lens autofocus
in that case you can look here

http://www.fixya.com/support/t780884-lens

or

http://www.fixya.com/support/t805636-cameras_lens_messed_up

http://www.instructables.com/id/Repair-Stuck-Lens-on-Panasonic-FZ5/

But be super-careful about taking the big cog off the lens. there are two tiny ribbon cables that snap easily.

https://www.completeservicemanuals.com/panasonic/digital-camera/lumix-dmc-fz5-service-manual/prod_86.html

panasonic.com

normaly S7000 have a manufacturing designing defect of lense not extending. This happens due to broken gears in the lense movement assambly. The replacement of the broken gears will fix the problem

They definitely work. I just got one in the mail today for an FZ5. Try taking a picture through a glass window to see if it elimates the glare and reflections. This is an way to test the filter.