Reo fire button

[Andigaut]

Hi all . Not sure if this is the right spot to post, feel free to tell me where to go! Today my reo button started acting up. When I push down on it I can feel it moving the battery and when I take the door off, I can see that the metal piece under the button isn't making contact with the nub thing on my battery. Also, once I take my hand off the button the button doesn't lift, but stays down and continues to fire (sometime it fires, sometimes it doesn't). I've washed my reo so I don't think it's due to stickiness or anything. Any help will be appreciated, I didn't realize how much I love my Reo till I had to go back to my provari...)

 

[supertrunker]

Do you have a button cover on it?

T

 

[MsLoud]

Sounds like a broken contact...you may have to take the black delrin off and look at the contact - it is inside a clear plastic sleeve...button "mashing" can cause this

 

[Andigaut]

I do have a button cover on it, not sure how to get it off, it's on there tight. So if it's a broken contact how can I fix it?

 

[built4feel]

Hmm, a picture would help big time....

From what I gather, the firing pin is either broke from button mashing, the firing pin is not lined up under the button properly, or the button cover is prohibiting the throw of pin.

You can use a flat head screwdriver to pry the button cover off- that may be causing it to bottom out, and not reach the battery top- a common problem, which can be solved with a piece of thread or dental floss overtop of the button before putting the cover on...

If the firing pin is broken, you need a rebuild kit/a new firing pin, or a trip back to the spa.

 

[Spooky28]

This totally just happened to me New Year's Eve and Rob should have it Wednesday (that little tab thing broke off completely). I'm hopeless without it! Rob thinks I was mashing too hard on the button. Have you contacted him? He was awesome when I sent him a panicky "I broke my REO" message!

 

[Rickajho]

Sounds like a case of button mashing has the firing pin bent and wedged between the delrin cover and the button. We need to see a pic of what is going on.

 

[supertrunker]

Button cover pulls off vertically - just lock the button and prise it off.

If that's the cause of your issues you will need to do nothing more than re-seat it.

T

 

[TheBikeGuy]

Button cover pulls off vertically - just lock the button and prise it off.

If that's the cause of your issues you will need to do nothing more than re-seat it.

T

That's what mine was. When I pulled the cover off it fired fine, So I stuck a corner off a paper towel in the button cover and stuck it back on.