Long tube clicker disassembly

[jasontg99]

I had a friend put his clicker through the washing machine. Since this is a single body pen, I am having difficulty trying to disassemble it. I unscrewed the nib end and used the largest punch I could fit in. The problem is the puch simply slides into the clicker portion of the pen and brings me to a standstill. Any advice?

Thanks,
Jason

 

[Russianwolf]

I was working on one of these just the other day and I'll say that using the largest that will fit will simply destroy the clicker mechanism. Trust me I now have some very pretty parts.

My guess is that you need to use a slender one and angle it so that it hits the outside edge of the mechanism housing.

This is not a kit made as disassembly friendly.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Wasn't there a tutorial on this somewhere or am I thinking of something else?

 

[dow]

My guess is that you need to use a slender one and angle it so that it hits the outside edge of the mechanism housing.

Yep. What I did was to use the largest punch that would fit through the end and still give me enough room to angle it to the side to tap out the click. It's a challenge, but ain't everything?

 

[nava1uni]

If you take a more slender rod that can be bent and put a slight out ward bend it will be easier to keep it on the edge and do less damage. I find that sometimes this works better as it allows a greater angle to be achieved and less damage to be done.

 

[jasontg99]

Thanks guys/gals. I will give your tips a shot.

 

[jasontg99]

My guess is that you need to use a slender one and angle it so that it hits the outside edge of the mechanism housing.

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: THANKS!!! That worked like a champ! Seems like such a simple solution now. I was beyond frustrated when I tried to take it apart with the larger punch.

 

[skiprat]

I'm glad you sorted it but maybe for next time you could make one of these to remove the nib coupler and then use a full sized punch for the mech. If the mech was tighter in the tube the you could have mashed the aluminium.
http://content.penturners.org/articles/2009/closedendrepairthingy.pdf