I don't know if this is the right forum for this or not. Mods feel free to move it to the appropriate forum if necessary.
I've had two of my PSI bolt-action pens come back from customers with loose bolts. It's not difficult to fix and so far both of them have been local so no shipping was involved, but it's still a PITA. What happens is the bolt starts to rock forward toward the nib, which should be tightening it up, not loosening. What I think is happening is the factory uses a version of Loctite and doesn't actually tighten the bolt all the way down, and they expect the Loctite to hold it in place. It's not actually Loctite, it's a gray substance that I think does the same thing.
I fix it by backing the bolt all the way out, cleaning the screws as best I can with a bit of acetone on a small brush. Then I use 30 minute epoxy to glue the bolt back in. However, I've run into a problem doing that where the bolt no longer pushes the nib completely out, it's short by probably 1/16" - 3/32" or so. Enough that I'd notice it, but a customer might not.
I just got my second pen to repair this afternoon, and I want to make sure it's repaired correctly. Has anyone else run into this & how do you fix it?
I've had two of my PSI bolt-action pens come back from customers with loose bolts. It's not difficult to fix and so far both of them have been local so no shipping was involved, but it's still a PITA. What happens is the bolt starts to rock forward toward the nib, which should be tightening it up, not loosening. What I think is happening is the factory uses a version of Loctite and doesn't actually tighten the bolt all the way down, and they expect the Loctite to hold it in place. It's not actually Loctite, it's a gray substance that I think does the same thing.
I fix it by backing the bolt all the way out, cleaning the screws as best I can with a bit of acetone on a small brush. Then I use 30 minute epoxy to glue the bolt back in. However, I've run into a problem doing that where the bolt no longer pushes the nib completely out, it's short by probably 1/16" - 3/32" or so. Enough that I'd notice it, but a customer might not.
I just got my second pen to repair this afternoon, and I want to make sure it's repaired correctly. Has anyone else run into this & how do you fix it?
