Removing button cover

[Sloth Tonight]

How do you do it? Pulling doesnt seem to be doing the trick and I don't want to hurt the actual button. Trying to switch to a black delrin cover from a brass one.

PS the black silver circle door is incredible in person!!!

 

[ancient puffer]

I slip scissors under it, one blade on each side and pry it up (when it's in the mood to be feisty).

 

[aushizz]

does someone have a link for removing the locking pin?

 

[Sloth Tonight]

worked like a charm AP - to my rescue for a second time in 2 days thank you my friend!

 

[ancient puffer]

does someone have a link for removing the locking pin?

I was never able to remove the one I tried, so I just pressed it all the way in. Same result, you just can't undo it if you disable it by pressing it in.

 

[Sloth Tonight]

Out of curiosity why do you want to remove the lock pin?

 

[patrao_n]

It bugs some people because it locks itself. Rob said he was coming out with a new locking system for future reos though. Not sure when.

 

[Sloth Tonight]

I've noticed that mine does that sometimes and thought that was probably the reason, just checking

 

[FACE MEAT]

Out of curiosity why do you want to remove the lock pin?

Mine would inadvertently become locked with use. The button's orientation on the device makes it very unlikely that it would fire in a pocket, so I do away with it.

does someone have a link for removing the locking pin?

The one time I extracted a locking pin, the button became warped and wouldn't travel smoothly within the enclosure. It took some filing and sanding to get the black plastic back to a shape that would move up and down freely.

Now I file as much of the pin away as I can (without filing the button, of course) and push the remainder in with a heavy gauge sewing needle.

 

[aushizz]

Out of curiosity why do you want to remove the lock pin?

It bugs some people because it locks itself. Rob said he was coming out with a new locking system for future reos though. Not sure when.

yes my first Reo this rarely happened. my new one seems to happen more often. it barely needs to spin to lock.


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[newplague]

I press the button with my thumb. Each press gets a a bit of counter clockwise turn to make sure it ain't locked.