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Porter Cable 2" Flooring Cleat Nailer FCN200 Questions & Answers
Fcn 200 sends nail to deep is it bad o ring what do u think?
The two things that would affect how deep nails are driven are the base plate and piston bumper. If the base plate is broken off on the driver side of the gun or missing altogether, the driver would be closer to the wood and would therefore drive the nail further in. The bumper is in the bottom of the cylinder and stops the piston/driver assembly. If it's broken or not present the piston will travel further down, allowing the driver to extend further out of the gun and again drive the nail in too deep. Another remote possibility is that the driver is coming out of the piston. I say remote because usually if the driver is seperating from the piston it won't work at all.
The nails aren't going in far enough using a air cleat nailer
I just finished 800 square feet of oak flooring with this nailer. You might have to increase the psi at the gun and make sure it gets a good square firm hit to set the nail. You can swing and hit the thing pretty hard, I hit it hard to set warped boards in place. I used 120 psi for best results, I tried 90 psi but had more misfires. The nail head only needs to set in far enough so the head is touching the tongue and so the next board will fit. The nail won't be buried into the tongue like you might think. If the occasional nail protrudes from the board you can use a nail set to drive the nail the rest of the way in, but I found that most of the nails didn't want to set by hand. I either clipped off the head with side cutters and folded over the remaining tab or did my best to set the nail if it wasn't long enough to clip. If it bends over really ugly, just carve a little wood from the groove lands on the next board to clear the nail stub. Removing the nails is difficult, it's best to let them be rather than risk damaging the flooring. Also, don't let the gun get down to the last nail. Sometimes if you try to fire the last nail on a strip it will twist and damage the flooring. Always keep a few nails in the gun just to be safe. Hope this helps.
Nailer piston won't retract far enough
the rubber cap just pulls off. maybe a screw driver to pry it first but it does just pop off.
As for oil, Always use what the manufacture recommends. But in the case you can figure that out, use a low viscos oil, maybe a standard 3-1 will do in most cases.
Also WD-40 works well.
Flooring nailer tech support
couple of things there are o-rings inside that trigger assy. they are either pintched in or dry. next there could be internal rubber hoses inside the gun. might need replacing. lastly the hose or o-ring going to the back side of the ram is leaking or broken. here is what i would do. you sound pretty handy with your tools so i would get somewhere clean start taking the gun apart thouroghly noting where everything went and go untill you find the problem. but first i would shoot a couple of drops of oil into the air input on the gun then hook it up and fire a few off and see if it clears up, if not then start takeing it apart. I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH....DO THIS ON A CLEAN SERFACE WITH YOUR HAND CLEAN. i chased a leak around in a pnumatic hammer for 3 days all because it wasnt clean on the inside..
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