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Tighten Panerai Crown Guard Lever

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Did it and the lever action is much better/stiffer now. Took the liberty to sand down the lever a bit so it sits more flush.

Whatever you do, don't lose that tiny o-ring sitting in the lever. I lost 5 minutes of my life trying to find it in high pile carpet.

 

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dmpmassive

Nice. I had to do this on an older style CG lever a while back. No O-ring in the one I did. Cheapy glue gun couldn't heat the whole thing up enough after applying the glue. I ended up using the desoldering head on my soldering station set to 800deg... Worked like a charm! Much better after the fix.

 

Later on I replaced the stem on the same watch and cut it a titch longer. The extra pressure one the CG lever in the down position from the longer stem provided a more positive "snap" when closing it. In retrospect, I wonder if all that was needed was a stem length adjustment?

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10:10 Watch Repair

and 3 guesses who came up with that technique on the old RWG?

:Whistle:

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solkryssare

and 3 guesses who came up with that technique on the old RWG?

:Whistle:

 

Fakemaster?

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10:10 Watch Repair

and 3 guesses who came up with that technique on the old RWG?

:Whistle:

 

Fakemaster?

 

exactly.

dickhead.

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Amit

Smidsy

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10:10 Watch Repair

Smidsy

Yes.

 

Pillock.

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solkryssare

and 3 guesses who came up with that technique on the old RWG?

:Whistle:

 

Fakemaster?

 

exactly.

dickhead.

 

:lmao2:

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12lurk

Is there a way to make the stem a tad longer without replacing the whole crown?

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dmpmassive
Is there a way to make the stem a tad longer without replacing the whole crown?

 

In my situation the stem had come loose which is what lead me down that path. After sizing up what length the step should be, I realized that the reason the crown was loose on the stem what that it was only held by about 1-1/2 turns of thread... So from the start I had a crown that could easily unscrew from the stem thread.

 

I ordered new stems from the RWG shop (6497 movement) and another set from eBay (postal racing whichever arrives first wins... Trailboss won :))

 

Cut the stem close to about the correct length but a bit longer than needed with a dremel. Then, back and forth with crown, dremel tool and CG installed to get it to the exact correct length. Once it was the perfect length with lots of thread-turns, Blue Loctite. Leave it set for a day.

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JohnPilot

I did this to all my PAMs. Simple and works.

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12lurk
Is there a way to make the stem a tad longer without replacing the whole crown?

 

In my situation the stem had come loose which is what lead me down that path. After sizing up what length the step should be, I realized that the reason the crown was loose on the stem what that it was only held by about 1-1/2 turns of thread... So from the start I had a crown that could easily unscrew from the stem thread.

 

I ordered new stems from the RWG shop (6497 movement) and another set from eBay (postal racing whichever arrives first wins... Trailboss won :))

 

Cut the stem close to about the correct length but a bit longer than needed with a dremel. Then, back and forth with crown, dremel tool and CG installed to get it to the exact correct length. Once it was the perfect length with lots of thread-turns, Blue Loctite. Leave it set for a day.

 

Thanks, I will need to try this. Off to order some stems for 6497

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dmpmassive

Lurk. Can't remember if I ever told you, but I did toss a stem in the post for you earlier this week. Have fun!

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Nikosaldente

Did it to my Pam 507!

 

Worked like a charm!

 

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!

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Stephanova

Great!! Thanks for sharing

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