double deployment clasp help

[8o8]

ok, let the laughter die down first....

now, I read through veni12's thread on HOW TO FIT A THICK STRAP TO THE PANERAI DEPLOYMENT

It is all pretty straight forward. but I'm stuck on post #7, the tircky bit

I am unable to remove the pin. Trying to push the pin out from the "P" side it won't move. But pushing it on the I side (the top side as in the picture above) the pin would move with a click, and the other end would be sticking out just a bit. But I still cannot move the pin to fit the strap in.

[8o8]

anyone?

[Richard Tracy]

The pin is not as difficult to remove as the explanation... it only requires the right point to push it

down far enough to get it under the hole.

Try a thick needle, or some other such implement.

However be warned,.. I did this with two of my non-deployment thick bands, and

later when I removed the deployant due to comfort problems, I noticed that the

band was severly creased almost to the point of a slice.

[JJFlash]

The very first step is to lubricate the spring bar well with silicon spray.

These are usually sticky and difficult to move when new.

A quality spring bar tool is quite useful here also.

http://www.ofrei.com/page252.html#3102

People often scratch up the sides of the deployants trying to force the spring bars out.

This is but one of the reasons I am not a fan of trying to get non-deployant straps in a deployant clasp.

Good luck.

[8o8]

Thanks, I'll check out the silicon spray and tools options. It moves but doesnt seem to be far enough.

hehe shipping from ofrei is more expensive than the tool

[JJFlash]

If Otto Frei is too expensive try the Birdman bargain tool:

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=3019

Note that what you are trying to push is not a true spring bar.

It is a bar that slides from side to side inside a sleeve.

Push on one side and it slides out the other side, and vice-versa.

Soak it overnight in a plastic baggy after liberally spraying it with silicon spray.

It takes quite a bit of force to move the bar.

Careful not to skive off and scratch the clasp.

The bar will go all the way into the sleeve flush with the end.

You will then still need to pry the bar out even once it has been released.

[8o8]

it currently slides to one side and pops out of the other end and I can feel it if I run my finger along the side. I tried to move it out with no luck, will try to soak it in a bag over night first before I try it again.

cheers

[JJFlash]

The bar in the sleeve of course will not slide out completely.

It will only slide to the point it protrudes slightly from the other side, enough to feel with the finger.

It has then cleared enough on the other side to gently pry the sleeve out.

Keep on trying.