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Does anybody have any contacts in the lens or camera repair biz?

I got a bit adventurous and took apart my Tokina 28-70mm lens because the zoom barrel was a bit too shaky for my liking - yes, even for me. I discovered that one of the slider bushings was cracked and both were quite worn. I've thrown in a few pics so if anyone is following along they can see what I mean.
I sent emails off to a few local repair places and even the Tokina service centre in the US, but of course I received no responses back - I didn't expect much anyway.

So, I'm hoping that someone can refer me to someone in the repair biz that might be able to source these bushings for me. If indeed they can be sourced.

Thanks for looking.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaky_jt/4059487882/" title="Tokina 28-70mm zoom barrel by shaky JT, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4059487882_e6e0bfc012_m.jpg" width="240" height="219" alt="Tokina 28-70mm zoom barrel"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaky_jt/4059487802/" title="Tokina slider bushing by shaky JT, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/4059487802_70fa8dd738_m.jpg" width="240" height="203" alt="Tokina slider bushing"></a>