Finderscope Troubleshooting

[joeWyncoll]

My finderscope (red-dot) operates with a small metal rod that touches the battery, completing the circuit-unfortunately this metal rod has become bent downwards, meaning when I need to find things I need to hold this rod onto the battery, causing the finder to move requring a verh lengthy and tedious readjustment that again requires me to hold the finder, which starts the problem again! Ant suggestions, should I buy a new one?

[Peter Drew]

It should be possible to remove the battery, bend the metal rod back up and then replace the battery being carefull not to bend the rod back down again.