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How To Fix The Piston On My Ahab


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Recently my Noodler's Ahab fountain pen developed a leak, and I found out it's because the piston piece is not screwed tightly onto the part of the barrel that holds the nib and feed. When I try to screw it on tightly, the piston piece just skips over the spot on the screw thread where it's supposed to stop and just keeps on turning. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? There is an O-ring at this junction, so would changing that out or adding more O-rings help keep a tight seal?

Don't sweat the small stuff....and it's all small stuff.

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Thanks for the suggestions! The piston piece doesn't have any cracks on it that I can see. I'll try the shellac tip first (that would look a lot better than plumber's tape!).

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I believe the threads are made of resin. Sometimes they get stripped. I have also seen it on resin Konrads where the piston unit keeps popping out of the body.

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