Lamy 2000 Leaking Ink

[benborgmeyer]

hello. my terminology will probably be incorrect, but where the body of the pen meets the section, the place where it screws together and the little metal steel cap holders protrude, the pen leaks ink. had the pen 3 years first time its happened. anyone experience this issue before and is there a quick fix?

[silverlifter]

Inspect the area carefully under a loupe: it is possible to crack the makrolon by over tightening the section during reassembly. That would be one cause of leaks there.

[hari317]

Cracks there or stripped threads. Check if feed o ring is not missing. This prevents ink from entering the threads area. HTH.

[benborgmeyer]

is there a way to fix this or will lamy replace? pen is three years old.

[bemon]

Mine has a crack in the section above the steel portion. It's been progressing for months now and finally split top to bottom last week. Not only did it leak in the cap, but with the extra air the crack was letting in, the pen started writing like a broad which I found interesting. Much thicker and darker lines. Kind of makes me want to poke holes in my Vanishing Point to make it put down a wetter line

 

I super glued it last night. I thought I had some epoxy resin lying around which was the recommended fix, but I couldn't find it and I'm impatient. I figure I'll have to replace the pen anyway so I wanted to see if I could patch it up. Anyway it seems to have done the trick so let's see how long it lasts! The crack is more obvious now that it's got glue in it despite how carefully I tried to apply it but it writes like it did on day one again. And no leaks.

 

I thought about sending it away too, but the pen is about 6 years old and I originally bought it new from Amazon instead of an authorized seller. So I figure shipping an insured package from Canada plus Lamy's diagnostic would already be pricey enough. Even if they agreed to fix a 6 year old pen that wasn't bought from Lamy dealer I"m sure they'd charge me for the repair. Add it up and I'm probably most of the way to a new replacement anyway so tinkering with it made sense.

 

Should at least hold me until I either A- find a used 2k that I can buy cheap for parts, or B- replace it with another Makrolon or C- pony up the dough for the steel version which I presume would last longer.

Edited November 7, 2019 by bemon

[benborgmeyer]

any downside to applying silicone grease here?