I love this. This was great education for someone that wants to restore their insert instead of replace it. Try to keep your Zippos original with their matching inserts. Really like how the rivet looked when you were done. I dig the look with the bolt on the wheel. I got some of those tiny bolts, but I got them in brass. I am going to do a brass insert and do the brass wire wheel trick and brass coat a flint wheel then use a brass bolt to put in on. I might even try to brass coat the Cam. Great video, you got me wanting to work in the shop today doing Zippo stuff!

A zippo moment: I retired from the Navy and have owned many Zippo's. On the bottom of the case there are usually hash marks. ( something to due with manufacture date) All the sailors would insist on looking at all the zippo's for sale hoping to find one with four hash marks on the the bottom. These four hash marks were highly prized because they represented the old "four piper" destroyers of WW1/2 era. (four smoke stacks). If you had one...well then, you were an Old Salt.

Those repair videos are my favorites, very good to know!

I did it! Thank you Sir! 🙌🏼 I got my replacement cam spring locally (Indonesia), but I believe it was from China. New rivet included, but I decided to follow your guide and it worked well. To get the rivet out took a while and really need to use a bit of power. Patience really needed in reassembling the rivet and cam spring.. 😁 Next I want to try that Golden Wheel guide and put a screw on it! 😅

Nice fix !!! Mike !!!

thanks zippo fanatic ! 👍

Perfect timing brother. The 49 came in today. I think I have an insert with the humped cam spring to repair it.

Great repair ideas which can come in real handy.👍👍

Thanks. :) I don't own a zippo myself, but I am an artist and sometimes it's really hard to understand the reasoning behind of some parts from just images without videos like this.

Awesome video bro. Really enjoyed watching it.

very good vid, i will use this one in the future

Usefull to know in the future

Are you getting the bolts you us on line or in store? I can find a 1.6mm bolt at Lowes.

I've been waiting for this bad boy of a video to release lmao

thanks for the video, I have this old slim zippo with the insert whose cam spring seems too short since every time I open and close the zippo the cam spring liberated itself from under the cam. SO the cam spring seems short or maybe just snapped of? any idea of the length of the cam spring? thanks

Nice video buddy

Hey friend, how do you remove the rivets from the wheel to basically do what you have done but removing the old wheel and putting a new one on? I have the idea of how you put it on, but how would you remove it?

Are the cam springs the same between the slim insert and the classic insert? I have a mid 70's insert that works great except for a broken cam spring. Also, do you do side work fixing inserts?

Can we use three pin plugs brass spring as replacement, I don't really have another Zippo to take spare parts

You can heat a spark wheel to cherry red with a MAP gas torch , quench it in water to reharden it , because steel can soften from prolonged heating and air cooling depending on structure., and make a simple copper wire rivet for the wheel and peen both sides. Throws sparks like mad dude

Since I got a Zippo for two years now and cam spring has no strength any more today, I'm getting the hole idea about what it meend to fix it yourself. Your Channel is best of Zippo repair, thx for your guides 👍. I don't get it. Why is nobody selling small repair kits where all these little parts are inside? I meen Zippo is not a Brand since yesterday so what's the big deal about this?

I could use that insert. I have a 50s Zippo with an 84 insert.

Hey - i have a question for ya! I have more lighter inserts than cases, since I got one of the rechargeable inserts, and that seems weird to me. I emailed Zippo to see if I could just buy a case, and they said they couldn't do that. I figure I'm over thinking this - what do you do with extra lighter inserts?

i am having trouble curling up bottom of rivet on a pat.203 insert. not working well with screwdriver. any help would be appreciated.

I appreciate your videos and the help you give others but, what if I told you there was a much easier way to do this same procedure? I don't see how to contact you via email and don't make videos.

I have 1 caveat with this video after having just watched it and removed my 1st rivet and broken cam spring insert. You MAY be able to salvage the rivet, but you MAY NOT, as in my case. I fucking destroyed it in the process. Don't try to reuse the rivet. If you're taking the time to F with it, you might as well do it right. That is all.

how to change a flint wheel?

My son bought me a Zippo made in 2008. The cam spring finally broke. Deciding if I should send it to Zippo or get a spring and fix myself. I'm capable, just on fence how long and how much hassle it'll be to get someone else to fix. Be surprised how much I miss it in working order.

How to fix a wheel??

6:52 That's what she said 😅

I gotta say you make this process LOOK A LOT EASIER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS. "When you do this you won't damage the top." BS. I've done this twice, under spring tension, btw, and destroyed the rivet both time and bent my chimney all to he'll. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IF YOU DONT HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS.

Full RACE CAM !!!

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