Parker Im Cap Repair

[lchechak]

I have a Parker IM. I dropped it a while ago, and the cap now will not stay on. I believe that the sleeve inside the cap that produces the distinct click sound has broken. How would I fix this?

 

 

[The Blue Knight]

I'd imagine that it is far more cost effective to just buy a new one rather than the head ache of trying to fix your current one. There quite cheap on amazon

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parker-Brushed-Fountain-Medium-S0856320/dp/B00383RESW/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1385070736&sr=8-6&keywords=parker+im+gold

[lchechak]

I could, but I have looked around already, and no-one seems to sell mine anymore. The one you showed me I have seen, but even it is different. Also, it is my first fountain pen.

[gorjeanul]

I had the same problem. I've dropped mine on the carpet and the cap won't stay on. Fortunately, the dealer sold me a cap (cost was like 8 EUR).

 

I suspect that these new Parkers have a lot of quality issues...they are made only to look solid.

[btreloar]

I did exactly what you did and had to send the pen (the whole pen!) in to Parker for a fix. They sent me a replacement pen but that one is hard to start the ink flowing after it sits unused for even just a couple of hours. I bought two more on Amazon (they are inexpensive there) and now I have three Parker IMs, all of which are a real pain to start the ink flowing every time I want to use them. If you can send in just the cap, I would opt for that approach.