Removing a Clip from a Pilot Elite

[KingsCountyWriter]

I have a destroyed clip on a Pilot Elite Sterling Silver Crosshatch that I'd like to remove and swap out from the cap. Has anyone successfully done that and can share how to remove and replace? I don't see from the inside of the cap any sign of a mechanism to release it and I have no clue how to disengage a clip from the cap. What tools are helpful? I've never done it before. I also have a different style clip on another Elite (3rd photo), that is loose which I'd like to tighten. 

[Armo]

@KingsCountyWriter I just came across this diagram and remembered this post.

Looks like you have to remove the clutch, inner sleeve then the inner cap. Then somehow, a spring of some sort. The inner cap looks to take a kind of two pronged driver.

[KingsCountyWriter]

13 hours ago, Armo said:

@KingsCountyWriter I just came across this diagram and remembered this post.

Looks like you have to remove the clutch, inner sleeve then the inner cap. Then somehow, a spring of some sort. The inner cap looks to take a kind of two pronged driver.

Thank you for this diagram. 

[hari317]

once the inner cap is removed, the clip can be accessed.

[PLANRD]

Hi。Have you successfully removed the clip from your pocket pen? Could you share your technique? I’m refinishing a damaged clip with cashew lacquer and need to remove it for even sanding/coating.thanks☺️

[KingsCountyWriter]

On 4/8/2025 at 3:09 AM, PLANRD said:

Hi。Have you successfully removed the clip from your pocket pen? Could you share your technique? I’m refinishing a damaged clip with cashew lacquer and need to remove it for even sanding/coating.thanks☺️

Sorry, not as of yet. I don't have a clear method to successfully remove it. 

[PLANRD]

1 hour ago, KingsCountyWriter said:

Sorry, not as of yet. I don't have a clear method to successfully remove it. 

I also emailed Platinum Pen Company asking if the clip on their pocket pen could be removed. They replied that self-removal isn’t possible but offered repair services via mail. In the end, I had to apply cashew lacquer with the clip still attached.The final result is very Uneven.

Edited April 11 by PLANRD