My Cap Is Funny (Welded?) And Loose

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The clip appears lose because the weld seems to be one-sided. Pics included to show what I'm talking about. Is it supposed to be like this?

 

Left side of the cap with arrow facing to the right. Weld is visible. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0mrkNoqAKRQU2ZCRHdDb2QxTms/view?usp=sharing

 

Right side of the cap with arrow facing to left. No weld is apparent. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0mrkNoqAKRQYklvZU83UThXZWs/view?usp=sharing

 

Not relevant, but this is my favorite pen. It's a 1951 Parker 51 Aerometric Fill 12k GF cap but the breather tube seems to be loose/broken but still fills up safely with a decent amount of ink.

[kirchh]

There's no weld. There's a tab on the top of the cap that is supposed to fit under the clip to keep it from rotating. Your clip has rotated, probably because the clip bushing is loose, so the tab is now visible.

 

--Daniel

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That's interesting to know! Is there any way for me to get a new clip bushing/tighten the clip myself?

[FarmBoy]

Remove the jewel. Remove the retaining screw. Remove the clip. Clean or polish or whatever you do. Position the clip correctly over the tab. Replace and tighten the retaining screw. Replace the jewel. Put assembled cap on pen, remove cap to write.

[gweimer1]

Your situation is what my very first cap repair was. It's pretty easy, provided nothing's broken. To help with loosening and removing the jewel, I got a glue eraser from a local Office Depot, and that provided the sticky needed to comfortably unscrew the jewel.

[icardoth]

Put assembled cap on pen, remove cap to write.