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·Hi everyone, I am a lurker from Toronto with zero posts! Sorry my first post had to be a call for help!
I was not happy with the spring bars on my 14270 (non-hole case) because these were not allowing the end links to collapse completely like the originals ones which were on the watch when I bought it, one of the reasons I like 14270 more than the 114270 with SEL.
Even though I had read the ordeal posts in the past, I totally forgot about the evil of shoulder less spring bars when I was installing them on my 14720. Its funny to notice now that even my friend R3D9 has a similar SOS thread from 2018.
It's the top spring bar in the photo shown below. I am showing the culprit spring bar outside the endlink to show how "perfectly" the middle section of the spring bar is placed inside the lugs. I am not sure if I am using the correct nomenclature but there is single shoulder on the left hand side, hence nothing to catch with a tool and compress. There is double shoulder on the right hand side but, in the installed state, the second shoulder is compressed and for all practical purposes it is exactly like the left hand side. Pins are seated deep in the lug hole and nothing to catch and compress. For whatever reason, the pins are so long that there is no hope trying to catch and compress the pin itself. As soon as I slid the spring bar in and it clicked, I knew I had messed up. I didn’t try to remove the spring bar myself.
Archer, I am a big fan of your posts. That sounds like buttering you up, I know, I know! Any chance I can use your help, sir? I don't know the thickness of the screwhead file you have shown in other threads. I do see a little gap between the end-links and the lug. I can easily slide a yellow sticky note in the gap. A folded (two layers) sticky note goes in easy too. Three-fold sticky note goes in with some resistance. If I had to guess, I would say that the gap is more than 0.25mm and less than 0.5mm.
This spring bar will continue whispering in the back of my mind until I take it out. I am sure WIS can relate to the feeling!
I was not happy with the spring bars on my 14270 (non-hole case) because these were not allowing the end links to collapse completely like the originals ones which were on the watch when I bought it, one of the reasons I like 14270 more than the 114270 with SEL.
Even though I had read the ordeal posts in the past, I totally forgot about the evil of shoulder less spring bars when I was installing them on my 14720. Its funny to notice now that even my friend R3D9 has a similar SOS thread from 2018.
It's the top spring bar in the photo shown below. I am showing the culprit spring bar outside the endlink to show how "perfectly" the middle section of the spring bar is placed inside the lugs. I am not sure if I am using the correct nomenclature but there is single shoulder on the left hand side, hence nothing to catch with a tool and compress. There is double shoulder on the right hand side but, in the installed state, the second shoulder is compressed and for all practical purposes it is exactly like the left hand side. Pins are seated deep in the lug hole and nothing to catch and compress. For whatever reason, the pins are so long that there is no hope trying to catch and compress the pin itself. As soon as I slid the spring bar in and it clicked, I knew I had messed up. I didn’t try to remove the spring bar myself.
Archer, I am a big fan of your posts. That sounds like buttering you up, I know, I know! Any chance I can use your help, sir? I don't know the thickness of the screwhead file you have shown in other threads. I do see a little gap between the end-links and the lug. I can easily slide a yellow sticky note in the gap. A folded (two layers) sticky note goes in easy too. Three-fold sticky note goes in with some resistance. If I had to guess, I would say that the gap is more than 0.25mm and less than 0.5mm.
This spring bar will continue whispering in the back of my mind until I take it out. I am sure WIS can relate to the feeling!
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