Stapler Spring Replacement

ID: 130379

Description: If your stapler isn’t stapling, then there’s a...

Steps:

1. Open the stapler by gripping the handle to access the spring.

2. Pry open the hook found on the pusher using the tweezers.
3. Hold the handle firmly to prevent the stapler from snapping back.

4. Unhook the end of the spring from the pusher.
5. Pinch the spring firmly between your fingers to keep it from snapping back.

6. Unhook the other end of the spring from the inside of the handle.
7. The spring should be unthreaded from the holes on the handle's metal part.

8. Press down on the metal part inside the handle with your thumbs until it will not go down anymore.

9. Push the hammer, the rectangular piece, up and away from the metal part.

10. Release the metal part inside the handle so it comes away from the hammer.
11. Keep hold of the metal part to keep it from snapping closed.

12. Hook one end of the new spring onto the pusher's hook.

13. Clamp the pusher's hook closed using your thumb.

14. Thread the other end of the new spring through the top rectangular hole toward the back.

15. Thread the new spring through the bottom hole, bringing the end of spring toward you.
16. The spring should create a loop when done threading.

17. Hook the new spring to the hook on the inside of the handle's metal part.

18. Press the metal part down with your thumbs until it aligns with the hammer's hole.

19. Reattach the hammer back onto the metal part.

20. Close the handle until it clicks back into place.
21. Be careful not to staple your fingers when closing the stapler.