I am trying to remove the stem **** off my clock so I can remove the glass to install a rebuild kit. I can't seem to get it to come off. The instructions say it will have a set screw on the end but I don't see one. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

 

It screws off. I just held the stem with needle nose pliers and used another set to twist the **** off. You might have to slide the rubber coating down to get a good grip

 

I will give that a try, thank you!

 

Did it work? I tired it on my clock and I can't it off.

 

No I could not get it off. But not for lack of trying though!

 

72Notchback is right, the only way to get it off is to slide the sleeve back a bit, grip it really, really, really tight with needlenose pliers and unscrew it. It's tight because of the thread locking compound on the threads but it will come loose.....

 

Good to know, thank you!

 

Yeah, that's what I ended up figuring out. Had to move the plastic sleeve down to grip the metal part so I could hold on to that.

 

I was trying to replace the "works" with a new Quartz one. I worked and worked at removing that screw and finally decided to work around it. I was able to shift things around enough to do the conversion. It just seemed too risky to continue trying to remove the ****. Knowing what I now have learned from your replies, I might have continued trying to remove it! BTY, the conversion is easy and the clock now keeps as accurate time as my iPhone. I highly recommend it if your clock has issues.

 

Thanks for the reply. The clock I got out of a parts car was pretty rusty. I originally just thought a clock, even if it didn't work, would look better than the blank plate. I sanded it down and painted the outside of the bezel to make it look decent, but have now decided I want a working clock. People saw you need to sand down the contacts and it'll usually work, but I don't know what these contacts are.

I'll probably remove it again this weekend and take pictures. Someone can probably describe what needs to be done.

 

I don't have a picture but when you open up the clock (remove the outter housing) you will clearly see a small metal arm which has metal contacts on it. It will look like solder ( Silver color) but very faded. Steel wool or fine grit sand paper will clean up those contacts easily. Then you can test it and see if that was the problem.

I did that with my original works, but the clock still had issues. It worked for a few hours but kept stopping or just loosing time. Good luck!