Things You'll Need:
- New Flints
- Small screw driver
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Step 1
If your ZIPPO lighter does not spark any more or the spark wheel is jammed. It probablly just needs a new flint.
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Step 2
Go to most any smoke shop & buy a pack of flints. sometimes these flints are hard to find. Ask the dude at the smoke shop if they have them. Sometimes they are kept behind the counter
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Step 3
Remove the inner lighter from the outer case by gently pulling it upward.
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Step 4
On the bottom of the inner lighter there is a small screw.
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Step 5
Remove this screw & the attached spring.
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Step 6
Gently tap the lighter to see if there are any small pieces of the old flint still in the lighter.
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Step 7
Put a new flint into the hole & replace the spring & screw. Do not over tighten it. I always just use my fingers to tighten this screw.
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Step 8
Slide the inner lighter back into the outter caes & check to see if it works.
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Step 9
If it sparks but does not light , you most likely need lighter fluid
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Step 10
If the spark wheel is still stuck. Send it back to ZIPPO. They will repair it for FREE








