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Gold Section Ring Repair - Parker Premier


kenwood

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I have a sterling sliver Parker Premier pen that I purchased in the early 80s. I have used it very seldom and clean it well between uses. Today I was cleaning it and all of sudden I noticed the gold ring on the black plastic section just above the nib was missing. I looked around and found it on the floor - luckily I had not stepped on it. I put it back on the plastic piece but it is very loose. The area that the ring slides on to is threaded so there might be a piece missing but I have not found it and from the number of threads it would seem I would have had to have turned it 360 degrees 4 times to remove it if there is such a piece. I do not think I did that.

 

Could someone confirm if there is a piece missing and if so what exactly I should be looking for. Also what might be the best way to perhaps repair it.

 

Thanks.

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While I was waiting for a response, I used Google extensively and found a picture of the same pen I have and it shows black plastic extending beyond grooved gold ring. I am sure this was not the case, at least recently, on mine. I know when I was cleaning it, and before the ring came off, that there was a recess between the grip section and the gold ring.

 

I am now guessing there should be a piece of black plastic that screws on to the grip section and captures the gold ring. As I said, I use the pen very infrequently, the last time perhaps 10 years ago, so I cannot be certain it was not there at one time or when I purchased it. I only know it is not there now and has not been for some time, if ever. I guess the only thing I can do now is check with Parker and see what can be done. Anyone have any better ideas or alternatives to Parker?

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Time for an update.   I contacted Parker and they asked that I submit the section and ring for repair to Parker Pen in France.    It was not in France very long when I received word that it could not be repaired due lack of parts and they returned the pieces to me.   I then looked around the web and noticed that there were a few Premier sections with the wide grooved gold ring available but the prices seemed rather high, particularly since I only needed the threaded piece between the nib and the ring. As a result I kept my eye out for a reasonably priced section with the wide smooth ring.    

Several months back I found one and after receiving it, I tried to unscrew the front piece from the rest of the section by hand and found I could not.   Not wanting to mark it by gripping it with something other than my hand,  I tried breaking down the possible adhesive that was holding it in place with lighter fluid, Liquid Wrench, alcohol and finally a solution of  dish detergent and distilled water in my ultrasonic cleaner.   It still failed to come apart by hand.   My next thought was to possibly drill out the section threads by hand using progressively larger drills from a numbered drill index. I however considered that my last possible choice since there would always be the chance of damaging the threads on the piece I wanted as well.

I decided to think about other possible things to try first and left it soaking in the dish detergent and water solution in the meantime   Every once in a while I would see it sitting on my bench and try unsuccessfully to separate the pieces after taking it out of the solution.   Today, after it had been soaking for about 12 weeks, I was able unscrew the ring retainer from the rest of the section with very little effort.   It addition, it fit my Premier section and grooved ring perfectly so the Premier pen is fully repaired.

I am now convinced that for whatever reason, the piece of the section that holds the gold grooved ring in place was never part of my pen even though I purchased the Premier set new from a retail store.   There is no way that that piece could have come off by chance with a normal quick flushing of the pen considering how hard it was to remove from the section I purchased.

 

I am posting this in case someone else has a need to separate the two pieces of any wide ring Parker 75 section.   It can be done without damaging the pieces with dish detergent, water, and a lot of patience – and I do mean a lot.
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