Ordinary disposable lighters are the most widely used. They do not refill with gas, but the weakest point in them is not this, but the fact that the cream sometimes pops out of such a lighter even on the very first days of its use. The flint in such a lighter is easy to replace. But it still takes a little fiddling. In this article, we will tell you how to disassemble the lighter and then, after inserting a new cream, assemble it back.
What to do with a lighter that still has a lot of gas in it, but the flint flew out?
Through the transparent walls you can see that the tank is still full of gas, and the flint has already flown out for various reasons. Maybe from the factory the machine put a defective (broken off) flint into the groove of the lighter, maybe there was a hidden defect in the flint itself (cracks or third-party inclusions), which caused the flint to “fly out” prematurely from the lighter. Thrifty people do not throw out such lighters, but simply put them in reserve. The hour is uneven, you happen to stumble upon a lighter without gas, but still with a working cream. Then it is possible to assemble one completely capable one from a pair of non-working ones in a few minutes.
Disassembling the lighter
So, we have two - gas lighters. How to disassemble them carefully so as not to damage third-party parts? We act according to the following instructions:
- We take the lighter in one hand, with the fingernail of the index finger of the other hand we bend the steel refractory casing to the side. It will unbend easily, after which the risks in the walls will come out of their grooves and it can simply be removed.
- We do not pay attention to the other structure of the lighter. Here we only need a wheel that simultaneously presses a column of kremushka and serves to cut sparks from it, through which the gas is ignited, which is supplied when the exhaust / locking valve is pressed with the thumb. The wheel, as we can see, is in the grooves of the plastic racks. We bend one of the racks to the right, with the nail of the other hand we move the wheel in the opposite direction.
- You need to be prepared for the fact that as soon as the wheel is removed, the spring pushing the flint up will immediately straighten up and fly out of its groove-hole. So that you don’t have to look for it later, crawling across the floor on all fours (you’ll quickly find the spring, it’s long enough, besides, it’s magnetized when you search with a magnet, but you’ll have to tinker with finding the cream), removing the wheel is best done above the table and under a towel (napkin).
Everything. In the case of replacing the flint, nothing else needs to be disassembled. Now we disassemble the second lighter in the same way.
Lighter assembly
How to disassemble the lighter, we figured it out, but it is assembled in the reverse order, but it will take longer to tinker. We also mention that here we need a knife with a thin and sharp blade. The assembly order is as follows:
- Insert the spring into the groove located between the plastic lugs-holders of the wheel. The edge will stick out a little, as it should.
- On its upper part, carefully place a column of cream and, pressing it from above with the tip of a sharp knife, immerse both the spiral and the cream into the hole between the plastic ear-holders for the wheel.
- Without releasing the knife (otherwise both the spiral and the kremushki will fly out and you will have to crawl again in search of them throughout the room), we put the spark-cutting wheel in its place. First, insert its axis into the groove of one plastic lug, then into the groove of the other.
- Only when the axis of the wheel is firmly seated in the grooves, you can remove the knife. The cream will rest against the wheel and will be ready to go.
- Before installing the steel refractory casing, it is advisable to squeeze it a little on the sides to create a spring effect. Then, put in place, it will hold firmly in its grooves and will not fly off.
Of two non-working lighters, we got one working one. The remains of another lighter with an emptytank and without flint will no longer be useful to us. Therefore, they can be thrown away, and on this the disassembly / assembly process can be considered completed.
