Pininfarina Nib Won't Line Up

[FOUR X FOUR]

I've unscrewed this nib several times and screwed it back in several times. It's always lined up. A few days ago, I took it out to do a thorough cleaning. When I screwed the nib and feed back in it wouldn't line up. I sure nothing is broken. It may be that the retracting mechanism isn't aligned right. Does any one have any ideas of how I can correct this? If all else fails I'll just send it to Coles. Thanx, every body.😀😀😀

[FOUR X FOUR]

Bump😀

[zchen]

The Chromium 18 tublar nib unit has 3 parts, the tubular nib, the feed, and the nib collar. The assembly is the tubular nib slides on to the feed, screw into the nib collar, and then the complete unit is screwed into the pen section. When you say removing the nib and feed, are you just screwing out the tubular nib and feed, but leaving the collar into the body? If so you may have inadvertently moved the nib collar itself a bit when screwing out the nib and feed, so when you put the nib and feed back into it, the alignment is off. To fix the nib collar alignment you need either the Visconti nib unit tool or a screw driver that fits.

 

Link to fpgeeks forum post show assembly and disassembly of the tubular nib unit on a Opera Crystal

Edited May 1, 2016 by zchen

[FOUR X FOUR]

Thank you, Zchen. The nib collar is inside.rather than trying to unscrew it all the way out, should I try turning it one way or the other, just alittle, then try screwing the nib and feed back in?

[zchen]

Thank you, Zchen. The nib collar is inside.rather than trying to unscrew it all the way out, should I try turning it one way or the other, just alittle, then try screwing the nib and feed back in?

 

Yes， I would play with the nib collar a little bit at a time instead of screwing it all out.

[gerigo]

Wow thanks for the info zchen. I also have this pen. Purely from an aesthetics perspective one of the most beautiful pens, it is also probably my most finicky and troublesome pen. It was out of commission for long periods because it leaked terribly and it's still not perfect after visiting Italy for a long spa vacation.

[FOUR X FOUR]

I've been pretty lucky lucky with mine, in as far as leaking goes. The problem that I'm having now is odd because it's never happened before.

Visconti won't even let Coles adjust the collar. So, I'll just send it to Coles and they'll send it to Italy. I'll twittle my thumbs for a month.

Just for the record, if anyone is curious, Coles is great to deal with.

 

Like warm regards, every body

[gerigo]

Yeah, this design has been really unlucky for me. I have both this version as well as the newer nanotech version. They both leak, although not all the time. I wonder whether it's got to do with the fact that I fly so much? Otherwise they are my favorite pens because of how fantastic the design is.