Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I followed the sparking piece steps but with no improvement, I decided to flip the wheel, which comes out very easily between it's legs and boom, massive spark returned.
I was going to say that overall you gave good information. Until you finished cleaning the nozzle. I rebuild modern and vintage lighters everyday for hobby and extra money. I love doing it. I know exactly how to clean adjustable and fixed flame. Have you ever taken the nozzle and button off when full? The only thing holding the flame valve in place is the black button that pulls up on it. Thats why its able to do that. Turning it any direction for any amounts of time doesn’t do anything. However I can tell you exactly how to clean a small flame easily. But you have to be careful. When full, pull off the button and flame valve and under is an aluminum sleeve with a micro hole. It’s extremely tiny to keep the flame a fixed height. If you poke the hole beside just touching it with a sewing needle, it will be a huge flamethrower and will never be the same. Basically just pull them off and clean the aluminum sleeve with alcohol or sanitizer. If the flame doesn’t change then poke it but barely! Seriously. Thats it. It doesn’t have a filter so the particulates clog that hole. I use paint brushes to clean. Use a toothbrush for the wheel and I personally replace them with a mini bic wheel or mk china lighter or neon lighter one. Other than that you gave good advice. I recommend buying a vintage lighter. You will never use a bic or clipper again unless it’s to use with others so yours doesn’t get stolen. Lol
Thank you, you taught me something today. I am no expert, just a guy with a addiction to both cannabis and clippers. I have never disassembled them completely. I will try later, thanks!
@@blahhotel1499 I never took an interest until my friend asked me to fix his Newport Zero torch that looks like a piezo click lighter with just a longer flame valve tube. I took it apart and graduated through everything you can think of. It took me years to figure out how to fix the tiny flame on a Clipper! I just confirmed it 3 days ago. But im used to clearing the hole on adjustable lighters. I poked it with some pressure and it went up 4 inches! So basically just clean the micro hole well. Avoid poking it at all or adding any pressure if tapping the hole if all else fails. The reason clippers do this and not bics is because it’s refillable and used more so it has time to clog. Nothing to do with butane or any idea someone swears by. The way someone can technically “adjust” the height is by barely making the hole a 0.00001 bigger. Haha
@@blahhotel1499 If you ever need to, replace your clippers with mini bic wheels and it will light 99.9% of the time. If you are careful you can get a drill and barely expand the diameter of the flint wheel and fit bic flints in them. I’ve done it for years. Just do it by hand.
@@rafaeltorre1643 mini Bic wheels!!! Yes!! I wanted to replace the clipper flint wheel but regular bics are too big. The clipper wheel is giving my thumb a callus
From a technicians point of view - stretching the spring is causing permanent and irreversible damage to a vital component piece. Some short term improvement at a rudimentary level for sure due to the increased torque friction, but once the spring has been stretched even once it's on it's way out.
It would be more of a problem on a $1,000 piece of machinery, but for a $2 clipper, less of an issue since you can just get a new striker cheaply. I understand where you are coming from, i too work with springs and it erchs me when people do this on more important things.
@@oussama4629 It's not about whether the spring is expensive or not, or whether it works (for a very short time) by ruining the component piece permanently. It's about intelligent application by applying a solution that doesn't cause permanent damage to vital and necessary component pieces. Intelligent working solutions should apply across the board when speaking from correctly applied technicians methods. The fact it's a cheap lighter is missing the bigger (and very valid) point, but fair enough I get what you're saying.
@@k1dn1ce76i get your point and i always look for solutions to keep things in their original status and avoid irreversible changes but if it gets the job done with ease, i'm down for it
I have used clippers for years, they're the main lighter for "smokers" in the UK. Never realised you could screw the nozzle! I often replace the wheels as they fall apart, I put in circular ones instead of the hex "safety" ones though. They are meant to go in one direction, but you can tell once you try em out.
If you need a flint, just find a dead Bic and take that one. Been salvaging flints and springs for years, dunno why but it's finally paid off, lol. I have 4 Clippers now and have replaced all the flints at least once and Bic flints last longer than the original ones
Perfect. I purchased a half dozen of these because they were reusable, but the new flint didn't fix it, however, your cleaning of the wheel did. Thanks.
Thanks I just tried your tips and it started working again however I’m curious about the flints, how do you replace it if it’s lost or not usable anymore
There's 2 things I find annoying about clipper lighters 1: the screw in part of replacing flint, maybe this would not be possible, but a push and 90 degree turn with a little knob would be a major QOL improvement, again maybe this is not possible with the size we're dealing with here though 2: No safety feature on the striker, now I don't actually care about the safety part but it keeps the striker clean because your finger never gets in contact with it, if these 2 changes were made it would turn it into an S tier lighter 😂
did everything you showed in the video... I had 2 clippers that had to be struck like 10 times to get a flame. got like a 80% increase in functionality after doing all this... 10 strikes it lights up 8 out of 10 times now
Hello Dear Friend, thank you for your informative video, I have a question however about the flame adjustment of the clippers shown on your video. Is there a way to do it? Following gas refill mine's flame is too hight and I could not find a way to reduce it.
I was given one almost 20 years ago. It stopped working because i couldn't refill it. Since it was my first refill and all the butane leaked out immediately. But since I still have that lighter, i decided i was gonna figure that issue out. I noticed...... No brass ring on the fill valve. So I can only assume there never was one. I guess ot was DOA. But.... I was able to use it when she gave it to me. Which means...... it wasn't leaking. Until i tried to refill it. Odd. No brass ring, but was working until it ran out. I am perplexed.
@@CabeBooth i have come to learn that one needs to "purge" lighters occasionally. I had the same issue with a really expensive lighter, where it would just leak out the side of the fill valve. When i brought it back they showed me that you need to depress the fill valve and drain the tank of the filler gas that the butan comes mixed with. I forgot what purpose of the gas was, but every butane canister needs it to function, but it builds up in the tank.
You can use WD40! You can take all the funky stuff off and lubricate the tiny parts at the same time (not that it needs lubrication, but you know what I mean 😅)
@@Javad.Najibi47 Avoid WD40 or other oil sprays at all cost or be very very careful around the flint. It's not worth it, really make them act weird and striking a spark becomes nasty after a couple days. Had to reclean some restored Clippers, never again. 😁✌
I have never heard about that issue with clippers. Is it adjustable? I have had adjustable bics do that. In that case i twisted the nozzle towards the - side.
Very informative, thank you! I don't own any lighters at all, but I enjoyed watching your video.
😂😂 you, legend!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I followed the sparking piece steps but with no improvement, I decided to flip the wheel, which comes out very easily between it's legs and boom, massive spark returned.
Thank you :)
I was going to say that overall you gave good information. Until you finished cleaning the nozzle. I rebuild modern and vintage lighters everyday for hobby and extra money. I love doing it. I know exactly how to clean adjustable and fixed flame. Have you ever taken the nozzle and button off when full? The only thing holding the flame valve in place is the black button that pulls up on it. Thats why its able to do that. Turning it any direction for any amounts of time doesn’t do anything. However I can tell you exactly how to clean a small flame easily. But you have to be careful. When full, pull off the button and flame valve and under is an aluminum sleeve with a micro hole. It’s extremely tiny to keep the flame a fixed height. If you poke the hole beside just touching it with a sewing needle, it will be a huge flamethrower and will never be the same. Basically just pull them off and clean the aluminum sleeve with alcohol or sanitizer. If the flame doesn’t change then poke it but barely! Seriously. Thats it. It doesn’t have a filter so the particulates clog that hole.
I use paint brushes to clean. Use a toothbrush for the wheel and I personally replace them with a mini bic wheel or mk china lighter or neon lighter one. Other than that you gave good advice. I recommend buying a vintage lighter. You will never use a bic or clipper again unless it’s to use with others so yours doesn’t get stolen. Lol
Thank you, you taught me something today. I am no expert, just a guy with a addiction to both cannabis and clippers. I have never disassembled them completely. I will try later, thanks!
@@blahhotel1499 I never took an interest until my friend asked me to fix his Newport Zero torch that looks like a piezo click lighter with just a longer flame valve tube. I took it apart and graduated through everything you can think of. It took me years to figure out how to fix the tiny flame on a Clipper! I just confirmed it 3 days ago. But im used to clearing the hole on adjustable lighters. I poked it with some pressure and it went up 4 inches! So basically just clean the micro hole well. Avoid poking it at all or adding any pressure if tapping the hole if all else fails. The reason clippers do this and not bics is because it’s refillable and used more so it has time to clog. Nothing to do with butane or any idea someone swears by. The way someone can technically “adjust” the height is by barely making the hole a 0.00001 bigger. Haha
@@blahhotel1499 If you ever need to, replace your clippers with mini bic wheels and it will light 99.9% of the time. If you are careful you can get a drill and barely expand the diameter of the flint wheel and fit bic flints in them. I’ve done it for years. Just do it by hand.
thanks, my clipper works like new
@@rafaeltorre1643 mini Bic wheels!!! Yes!! I wanted to replace the clipper flint wheel but regular bics are too big. The clipper wheel is giving my thumb a callus
Thanks! It helped me solving my issue with my clipper!
From a technicians point of view - stretching the spring is causing permanent and irreversible damage to a vital component piece. Some short term improvement at a rudimentary level for sure due to the increased torque friction, but once the spring has been stretched even once it's on it's way out.
It would be more of a problem on a $1,000 piece of machinery, but for a $2 clipper, less of an issue since you can just get a new striker cheaply. I understand where you are coming from, i too work with springs and it erchs me when people do this on more important things.
wtf man. is this this a Ferrari suspension spring? why complimenting when it just works
@@oussama4629 It's not about whether the spring is expensive or not, or whether it works (for a very short time) by ruining the component piece permanently. It's about intelligent application by applying a solution that doesn't cause permanent damage to vital and necessary component pieces. Intelligent working solutions should apply across the board when speaking from correctly applied technicians methods. The fact it's a cheap lighter is missing the bigger (and very valid) point, but fair enough I get what you're saying.
@@k1dn1ce76i get your point and i always look for solutions to keep things in their original status and avoid irreversible changes but if it gets the job done with ease, i'm down for it
@@k1dn1ce76wtf you yapping about, I just wanna fix my clipper so I can smoke more weed
This worked for me thanks, went from taking 4+ strikes to light. to basically first time.
Stretch the spring helped, I pick up old lighters and take the flint out of them.
I have used clippers for years, they're the main lighter for "smokers" in the UK. Never realised you could screw the nozzle!
I often replace the wheels as they fall apart, I put in circular ones instead of the hex "safety" ones though. They are meant to go in one direction, but you can tell once you try em out.
If you need a flint, just find a dead Bic and take that one. Been salvaging flints and springs for years, dunno why but it's finally paid off, lol. I have 4 Clippers now and have replaced all the flints at least once and Bic flints last longer than the original ones
Perfect. I purchased a half dozen of these because they were reusable, but the new flint didn't fix it, however, your cleaning of the wheel did. Thanks.
Great information!! I learned so much from your video and you have solved several issues for me. Thank you thank you!
Such a neat guide, very clear, calm and informative, thanks man! Love clipper lighters ❤
Yesss, bouta go smoke this bowl. Thank you
Thank you so much. My electric lighter stopped working, so I saved two clippers from the lighter grave yard by watching your video 🙏🏽😂
Another bonus is the Bic flints can be taken out of a dead lighter and used in these Clippers too
any flint will work
Very useful tips, thank you 👍🏼
In that case is that the wheel is impasted with skin and flint detritus. Change the wheel might be easier, however this tip would work
This was so helpful, thank you.
thanks that's what I needed to see
thanks bro u helped my nozzle was dirty
just what I need!
thanks!
Thanks I just tried your tips and it started working again however I’m curious about the flints, how do you replace it if it’s lost or not usable anymore
There's 2 things I find annoying about clipper lighters
1: the screw in part of replacing flint, maybe this would not be possible, but a push and 90 degree turn with a little knob would be a major QOL improvement, again maybe this is not possible with the size we're dealing with here though
2: No safety feature on the striker, now I don't actually care about the safety part but it keeps the striker clean because your finger never gets in contact with it, if these 2 changes were made it would turn it into an S tier lighter 😂
did everything you showed in the video... I had 2 clippers that had to be struck like 10 times to get a flame. got like a 80% increase in functionality after doing all this... 10 strikes it lights up 8 out of 10 times now
best video
Well done video! Thank you!
Hello Dear Friend, thank you for your informative video, I have a question however about the flame adjustment of the clippers shown on your video. Is there a way to do it? Following gas refill mine's flame is too hight and I could not find a way to reduce it.
I have noticed that sometimes the flame is larger as the beginning of the fill, try using it for a while, it should go down
Thx for good advices ❤️
Thank you so much!
I was given one almost 20 years ago. It stopped working because i couldn't refill it. Since it was my first refill and all the butane leaked out immediately. But since I still have that lighter, i decided i was gonna figure that issue out. I noticed...... No brass ring on the fill valve. So I can only assume there never was one. I guess ot was DOA. But.... I was able to use it when she gave it to me. Which means...... it wasn't leaking. Until i tried to refill it. Odd. No brass ring, but was working until it ran out. I am perplexed.
@@CabeBooth i have come to learn that one needs to "purge" lighters occasionally. I had the same issue with a really expensive lighter, where it would just leak out the side of the fill valve. When i brought it back they showed me that you need to depress the fill valve and drain the tank of the filler gas that the butan comes mixed with. I forgot what purpose of the gas was, but every butane canister needs it to function, but it builds up in the tank.
THANK YOUUUUUUU
Hey I have a problem with this lighter Idk why I have a terribly small flame
My issue is the flame on my lighter is too big alomst torch size
Thanks for the detail of this video. Will peroxide work to clean too?
Probably. I would avoid it though as it may oxidize some of the metal/plastic. Idk, not a chemist.
If thats all you have but I wouldn’t recommend it for the same reason he mentioned above.
You can use WD40!
You can take all the funky stuff off and lubricate the tiny parts at the same time (not that it needs lubrication, but you know what I mean 😅)
@@Javad.Najibi47 Avoid WD40 or other oil sprays at all cost or be very very careful around the flint. It's not worth it, really make them act weird and striking a spark becomes nasty after a couple days. Had to reclean some restored Clippers, never again. 😁✌
works! thx
thanks man, this is useful but what's the solution if the flame is 3" high?
I have never heard about that issue with clippers. Is it adjustable? I have had adjustable bics do that. In that case i twisted the nozzle towards the - side.
@@blahhotel1499 no unfortunately it's not adjustable. where there any adjustable variants ?
@@oussama4629 i have seen them out in the wild
Is it just refilled? It might be the high pressure inside the tank. Try to burp it by pressing the refilling valve with a toothpick
Does the dam bottom open?! Even if it's plastic?????
The bottom of the clipper should not be removed. Just the bottom of the striker to refill the flint
Didn’t really help me tho, my issue is that I’ve got gas but the flame is small
Nehmt ne alte Zahnbürste.😊
Dude don't even know what he is doing lol
He made me destroy one of my favorite clippers!
@roee4662 all he had to do when he stretched out the spring was flip his flint over to strike the other side. Just did that amd it fixed it for me
i have a chinese clipper like leghter.
it is better than the the other spanish made i had 😂😂
Mine still doesn’t work after all this and it’s brand new 🤦🏽♂️they r so trash
Such is the life cycle of cheap lighters. They don't last forever
You take sssssome tweeeessssssersssss. . .
Itsssss dissssgusssssting. Please just talk normal. . .
Thank you! ❤