Lamy 2000 Bauhaus Cap Won't Snap Shut

[LuckyKate]

My Lamy 2000 Bauhaus cap doesn't click shut. Instead it slides, which seems odd as I've heard the cap should snap (this is my first 2000). I read a couple of blogs who note that the little silver ring should line up with the tabs in the section. So I unscrewed the section, and made sure the ring was adjusted properly. But now the section doesn't screw in straight, and there's daylight between the section and the barrel. The ring seems to sit on top of the grooves. Is this normal?

 

This is my first Lamy 2000. I loved the blue color, but now fear I've made an expensive mistake. Any suggestions about how to fix this would be much appreciated. Or would it be better to just mail it back to Lamy?

 

 

 

 

[PAKMAN]

Mine has a slight click when it is put on. Is it possible you put the ring on upside down when you were reassembling it?

[LuckyKate]

Thanks for your answer Pakman. How can you tell if the ring's upside down? Both sides look the same to me.

[countrydirt]

It sounds like you may have cross threaded the section and barrel.

 

Sorry, that's the extent of my advice.

[PAKMAN]

It sounds like you may have cross threaded the section and barrel.

 

Sorry, that's the extent of my advice.

 

True, this could also be the issue.

[Calamus plasticus]

How can you tell if the ring's upside down? Both sides look the same to me.[/

 

Take a look at this video:

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DDJHTWD8GPY

[visper]

If you have another 2000 somewhere, maybe you can try another cap and see if it clicks or not. I think they should be identical.

Edited October 5, 2019 by visper

[LuckyKate]

What does it mean to "cross thread" the section and barrel? The problem with the cap not clicking was the reason I tried to readjust the clutch ring, I screwed the section extremely gently back into the barrel. But now nothing is working.

 

I've already contacted Lamy and am going to send the pen back for a repair as soon as they contact me. In the meantime I am going to treasure my Pelikans that haven't given me a moment of trouble in the 15 years I've been using them. I've had this kind of disappointment before, but I associate it with Noodler's Ahabs, not expensive limited editions.

[Glenn-SC]

The Section should screw onto the barrel leaving no gap.

If there was no gap before you "adjusted" the clutch ring and there is now, then you reassembled something incorrectly.

 

Some 2000 caps "snap" louder than others.

Was the cap on snugly?
Did it stay in place?

Could you pick the capped pen up by the cap and the barrel stayed firmly attached?

[LuckyKate]

The Section should screw onto the barrel leaving no gap.

If there was no gap before you "adjusted" the clutch ring and there is now, then you reassembled something incorrectly.

 

Some 2000 caps "snap" louder than others.

Was the cap on snugly?

Did it stay in place?

Could you pick the capped pen up by the cap and the barrel stayed firmly attached?

 

Thanks for your answer. The cap was falling off in my pen case before I checked the clutch ring, but there was no gap. The loose cap is what concerned me in the first place as I couldn't clip it onto my clothing. I may have adjusted something incorrectly, but if I did I fail to see what it is. The clutch ring looks the same to me on both sides.

 

Edited for this: I just tried screwing the barrel to the section without the clutch ring and there's a big gap. I think the cap was already not working, and when I unscrewed the section to check the clutch ring, I may have created a further problem with the pen when I screwed it shut again.

 

The pen does seem quite delicate if screwing the section back to the barrel is all it takes to damage the threads.And the cap was loose from the beginning.

Edited October 5, 2019 by LuckyKate

[A Smug Dill]

The pen does seem quite delicate if screwing the section back to the barrel is all it takes to damage the threads.

The pen body on the Lamy 2000 Bauhaus is not made of metal, and when the threads are thin and the manufacturing precise, the amount of force one can apply with one's bare hands screwing two threaded parts together is tremendous in relation to the material strength even if the threads were made of metal. Try capping a LAMY Imporium, which has a metal body and a screw cap, and you'll quickly become more aware of the possibility of cross-threading.

Edited October 6, 2019 by A Smug Dill

[pepsiplease69]

When you screw the section and barrel back together the threads should travel smoothly and effortlessly. You should not need to apply a lot of force.

 

The ring has two tabs on it and these tabs must line up with the two notches when you place the ring between the section and barrel and reassemble.

 

The fact that theres a gap between section and barrel when it is put back together, tells me something is not placed right.

 

When it is fully assembled, there should not be any gap, the tabs on the ring should come through the notches and apprear as a slight extension out of the body which is meant to clutch the cap.

[math62]

Maybe the rubber ring at the end of the feed is the wrong way around? It is slightly tapered and the tapered end should go in first. There is no gap between the barrel and the section when screwed together.

Edited October 6, 2019 by Math1962

[LuckyKate]

The pen body on the Lamy 2000 Bauhaus is not made of metal, and when the threads are thin and the manufacturing precise, the amount of force one can apply with one's bare hands screwing two threaded parts together is tremendous in relation to the material strength even if the threads were made of metal. Try capping a LAMY Imporium, which has a metal body and a screw cap, and you'll quickly become more aware of the possibility of cross-threading.

 

Thanks for your answer! Alas I had no idea the Lamy 2000 was so fragile! I would have been more careful.

 

When you screw the section and barrel back together the threads should travel smoothly and effortlessly. You should not need to apply a lot of force.

 

The ring has two tabs on it and these tabs must line up with the two notches when you place the ring between the section and barrel and reassemble.

 

The fact that theres a gap between section and barrel when it is put back together, tells me something is not placed right.

 

When it is fully assembled, there should not be any gap, the tabs on the ring should come through the notches and apprear as a slight extension out of the body which is meant to clutch the cap.

Thanks for the info!

 

Maybe the rubber ring at the end of the feed is the wrong way around? It is slightly tapered and the tapered end should go in first. There is no gap between the barrel and the section when screwed together.

 

Thanks for this advice.I did look at the feed but don't dare disassemble it.

 

I've contacted both Lamy repair and the shop where I bought the pen. I will give an update on the repair. I do like the pen. The ef nib is perfect for grading on bad quality paper and the pen is very pretty. However, I will never unscrew the section from the barrel again.

Edited October 9, 2019 by LuckyKate

[sirgilbert357]

 

Alas I had no idea the Lamy 2000 was so fragile! I would have been more careful.

However, I will never unscrew the section from the barrel again.

 

 

The Lamy 2000 isn't really fragile, you just have to pay attention to how you screw it back together. Almost anything can be cross threaded if you aren't careful. I take mine all the way apart at least once or twice a year for thorough cleaning of the section and feed as well as greasing the piston.

 

Just to clarify, I do NOT take the piston assembly out of the barrel. What I am taking apart is the section and the parts inside of it. So the cap ring (the "ears"), the rubber o-ring, the feed, the nib...that's all. You can grease the piston by sticking a toothpick with a tiny bit of silicone grease on the tip into the hole that leads into the ink chamber and rubbing it in a circle around the chamber wall to spread a ring of grease around. Then work the piston a few times back and forth and you're done till next year basically.

 

Go to Youtube and look up a video on how to disassemble an L2k. You will see it is very easy.

[Namo]

 

 

 

Some 2000 caps "snap" louder than others.

 

+1

 

3 2K at home, one metal using a black cap. 2 snap with almost no noise.

[TSherbs]

Yeah, the cap should not have been coming off in your bag. Something isn't right with that pen. Sending it back is the thing to do.

[LuckyKate]

+1

 

3 2K at home, one metal using a black cap. 2 snap with almost no noise.

Thanks--good to know. But there was no snap shut. The cap slid on and fell off.

 

Yeah, the cap should not have been coming off in your bag. Something isn't right with that pen. Sending it back is the thing to do.

 

Good advice. That is what I did: I notified the store I bought the pen from (in the UK), who notified Lamy. I received a note back from Lamy almost right away asking me to mail the pen back to be repaired or replaced. The pen is currently on its way to the repair center.

[jochums]

Replaced? Maybe you will get #1920!

[LuckyKate]

Replaced? Maybe you will get #1920!

Haha! I have wondered whether they'd stop production to print out a single replacement pen with the same serial number as mine!