MB 149 cap wiggles when capped?

[agentdaffy007]

Hi,

 

My MB 149 Calligraphy cap wiggles a tiny bit when capped/closed. Is that normal?

 

Anything I can do to minimize it like applying some lube or grease on the threads?

 

P.S: All my other MB pens don't do that.

[Dione]

It's normal. All of my MB caps wiggle very slightly when capped. If you add silicone to the threads it might make it wiggle more but it won't stop it.

[meiers]

it's fine

 

[zaddick]

It should nt wiggle, but I guess i don't know how hard you re trying to make it wiggle or how much it is wiggling. If I take a couple 149s from my desk I can screw then tight. If I hold the body of the pen and swing back and forth there is no wiggle. If I hold the cap in one hand and the body in the other when closed, I can make a wiggle when I try to move the cap. I think that is normal. But if you mean it almost rattles when you just hold the body and  lightly shake the pen that would be abnormal to me. You could try to clean the thread and the interior threads in the cap to make sure they are engaging.

[Glenn Atkins]

Normal.

[CS388]

I haven't got mine with me, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't wiggle. I remember testing it, when there was a similar question asked in a thread, a year or so ago.

And as zaddick points out: how much wiggle are are we talking, here?

 

Don't want to disagree with the experts, but I'm going for: not normal.

And, if it is normal, then the rest of your pens may need attention?

 

Hey, as long as it's writing beautifully, we'll all be fine.

Maybe check that the threads on the barrel and cap are clean and unobstructed. Something as tiny as a speck of dirt can stop the cap from completing the thread run.

 

Enjoy.

[Phonz]

Normal!? You gotta be kidding me! Yesterday I received from Montblanc my first 149 and the cap wiggles like it belongs to another pen. It doesn’t matter how much you tight it, it keeps “wiggling”. None of the pens I have wiggles like this Montblanc “Meisterstück 149.

 

I bought it new from one of their boutiques. Not even my 5 dollars Jinhao 159 wiggles like that at all. I’m disappointed MB.

 

 I’m taking it back to the “boutique”, I should have bought a Pelikan, Aurora or perhaps another Jinhao.

[fountainpendrawing]

I also had this problem with the 149 Curved Nib. Some wiggling is normal with this design. But it seemed a bit too much to me, so I sent the pen to Hamburg. After three months I got the pen back and the new cap wiggles less.