So in my quest to reseal my new-to-me very leaky Impact, I needed a way to install my regulator piston after changing the o-rings on it. I saw where Ernest and AOA have their installation tools and wondered what I had laying around that could be used ...
The pen is mightier than the sword, but could it be mightier than the Impact? Anyway, at first I tried to put the 4x1 mm orings that the piston uses inside the barrel of the pen but had one heck of a time trying to get them to stay in place. After a few futile tries, I grabbed the rest of the pen and started looking closer at the pieces and their sizes.
I came to the conclusion that if I pulled the ink part out as well as the ball point that I could flip the top portion around and superglue it back into the barrel and that would be my "tool". It got messy cleaning out the ink but after gluing it together and chopping half the barrel off so that it would fit the insertion angle, viola.
Add a little silicone grease to the stem of the piston and it stays right in place inside the "tool". I'm sorry that I don't have a picture of the piston in it, I wasn't going to pull it back out just for the photo op. Actually taking it out, I just use the air up the gauge hole trick that AOA shows in their video.
Thanks for reading this and a huge thanks to Ernest and AOA for putting out content that we DIY folks can use.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but could it be mightier than the Impact? Anyway, at first I tried to put the 4x1 mm orings that the piston uses inside the barrel of the pen but had one heck of a time trying to get them to stay in place. After a few futile tries, I grabbed the rest of the pen and started looking closer at the pieces and their sizes.
I came to the conclusion that if I pulled the ink part out as well as the ball point that I could flip the top portion around and superglue it back into the barrel and that would be my "tool". It got messy cleaning out the ink but after gluing it together and chopping half the barrel off so that it would fit the insertion angle, viola.
Add a little silicone grease to the stem of the piston and it stays right in place inside the "tool". I'm sorry that I don't have a picture of the piston in it, I wasn't going to pull it back out just for the photo op. Actually taking it out, I just use the air up the gauge hole trick that AOA shows in their video.
Thanks for reading this and a huge thanks to Ernest and AOA for putting out content that we DIY folks can use.
