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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9915704, member: 360"]When I bought the pen, the piston-action filling-mechanism was very stiff. If you don't remedy this, you risk snapping the mechanism in half, which is basically an irreparable situation. </p><p><br /></p><p>To prevent that, you have to pull the pen apart, and lubricate the mechanism with silicone grease. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, getting silicone grease is very difficult for me. No shops that exist locally sell the stuff, so I had to buy it online. It FINALLY arrived yesterday, so I started pulling the pen apart to get into the filling mechanism, and then pulled apart the filling mechanism to lubricate the piston-rods. </p><p><br /></p><p>This has to be done very carefully because the parts are thin and delicate and can quite-easily be broken. So, slow and steady, with a light touch, is the name of the game here. </p><p><br /></p><p>Step 1 - pop on the piston-wrench. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498131[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Step 2 - Crank it around until the piston mechanism can be pulled out the back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Step 3 - Pull apart the piston: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498132[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Step 4 - Lubricate generously with grease (the stuff in that little glass jar), and then slooowly crank it back together... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Step 5 - Reassemble the pen and test the smoothness of the mechanism. Perfect! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498135[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9915704, member: 360"]When I bought the pen, the piston-action filling-mechanism was very stiff. If you don't remedy this, you risk snapping the mechanism in half, which is basically an irreparable situation. To prevent that, you have to pull the pen apart, and lubricate the mechanism with silicone grease. Unfortunately, getting silicone grease is very difficult for me. No shops that exist locally sell the stuff, so I had to buy it online. It FINALLY arrived yesterday, so I started pulling the pen apart to get into the filling mechanism, and then pulled apart the filling mechanism to lubricate the piston-rods. This has to be done very carefully because the parts are thin and delicate and can quite-easily be broken. So, slow and steady, with a light touch, is the name of the game here. Step 1 - pop on the piston-wrench. [ATTACH=full]498131[/ATTACH] Step 2 - Crank it around until the piston mechanism can be pulled out the back. Step 3 - Pull apart the piston: [ATTACH=full]498132[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498133[/ATTACH] Step 4 - Lubricate generously with grease (the stuff in that little glass jar), and then slooowly crank it back together... [ATTACH=full]498134[/ATTACH] Step 5 - Reassemble the pen and test the smoothness of the mechanism. Perfect! [ATTACH=full]498135[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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