Sierra Problem

[tas2181]

Am wondering if anyone has run into this problem before.
Was putting together a regular gold Sierra today and the mechanism would not seat fully into the finial/cap. It would fit in but I could not get it the last 1/4 inch or so without undue force. Was almost impossible to get apart. Would have been very difficult to change the refill using the proper technique.
After trying a different cap from another Sierra kit I deduced that the first cap may have had too much plating on the interior. That is the only thing I could figure out.
Luckily I had a spare cap/finial in my parts stash.

Tom

 

[Vince_Hoffmann]

Did you trim off too much of the barrel? It is possible that the mechanism is fully seated, but the body of the pen is too short.

After re-reading your post, I realized that you answered your own question [] I have had thick plating problems with chrome kits mainly. Most recently I was trying to get the clip and finial onto a Gentlemen's pen. I ended up taking a reamer to the clip ring to get it to fit properly over the finial.

 

[rgordon]

On kits from PSI they come with a warning about bent or misaligned mechanisms and how to straighten them.

 

[rickstef]

I had this happen to me, did you flip the barrel, the tighter end of the barrel fits better on the finial,

I had the tight end on the end where you twist the pen, and the looser end on the finial.

Rick