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Ijust bought replacement tips for my Apple Pencil, but there is a large visible gap when I screw them in and the screen doesn’t recognize the pencil. It looks like the replacement tips have a bigger screwing part (hard to tell in photo). Are these faulty tips?
They are official tips which I bought through Amazon. I screwed it in as tight as I could with my fingers and am still unable to write. The only thing I was thinking is that a sliver of the old tip broke off in the pencil, but I don’t see anything major inside of the pencil.
Pencil is out of warranty, and I didn’t find any broken off pieces inside of the pencil either. I ended up just sanding the screw-end of the new tip a little bit, and now it works fine! Thanks.
No.
A small gap showing is normal.
There was always a gap between the Pencil barrel and the replaceable tip.
Have you tried screwing these tips in a little farther?
Are these tip officially from Apple or another third party?
There is always going to be a gap.
If the plastic tip broke off inside of that Pencil, you need to find a way to get that piece out of there.
That piece still left in there is preventing the metal tip in the Pencil tip from making contact with the Pencil’s metal transducer tip to be able to make electrical contact to function.
Failing that, IF your Pencil is still under its free, one-year warranty, You need to search online for your nearest, “local” Apple store location and call contact phone numbers and call to make an appointment to have your Pencil replaced with another new Pencil.
Good Luck to You!
If you look at your image that you posted, it looks like a section of the original tip's screw ring is still lodged inside the barrel of the Pencil. It looks like a white ring section that has broken into multiple pieces.
This is going to be an issue everytime yoy replace a Pencil tip.
I looked inside of my own Pencil and I have NO white ring pieces stuck around the Pencil;s metal transducer tube/rod.
Part of the original screw end ring of an the Pencil's tip is still stuck in your Pencil and it looks as if that ring section is broken in smaller pieces.
Every time you replace your Pencil's tip, you are going to need to sand down the surface of the screw end of your Pencil replacement tip.
You stated a piece of the original Pencil tip broke off inside of the Pencil
Did you get this out?
Nevermins.
Pulled out a magnifying glass to really look inside the business end of my Pencil.
There appears to be a thin white ring inside.
So, never mind.
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