Paslode IM350 full strip down 

You sir are an absolute legend! I ended up taking mine apart by mistake like an idiot after a nail jammed. At that time I didn't know how to do it correctly. As such I took too much apart. I would never have been able to put it together again and the bit at 15:40 was critical. All put back together and working again. I am so grateful, thank you.

Legend, managed to get my gun working again

I had my head in my hands when all the bits flew everywhere dismantling after a jam, now all back together, thanks! Great video.

Loved it all these years later. Thanks

Thanks for the great tutorial David. I bought a 2nd hand Paslode at what I thought was a "bargain" as it was firing intermittently. I figured it just needed a cleaning/oiling service and I confidently stripped it down following another professional you tubers instructions and of course it wouldnt fire at all when I got it back together. Did this a few times and gave up thinking the electric or some vital part was broken. So my "bargain" proved to be an exensive dud. However was inspired to try again after watching your detailed procedure and instructions. And voila!!! Its working perfectly. You are a legend ! I got a bit carried away nailing things around the place so I'll need to work out how to separate some stuff. Those nails sure hold well.

Thanks Dude. I took mine apart and then had to wait 3 weeks for parts. Forgot how it went back together. All better now!

Thanks for the great video, Dave. I took my 350 apart a few days ago and LOST the bar/follower lockout SPRING. Thanks to your video, I now know how to insert that spring. I cheated by using a BALL POINT PEN SPRING instead of buying a new one, it works!

A superb video that has saved me so much time! Thank you

Thanks for your tutorial. You might have saved my sons pasload from the rubbish bin . Cheers, Jim.

Same as Matthew Brulla, I would never have found where the small spring went. Great video thanks

You, my friend, are a lifesaver. That spring was bound to be the death of me. Wasn't sure where it actually fit - and the diagram was all but no help. Wish this were in full HD, but even so - hugely appreciate you posting it!

I did the slide like when you copped it for the nail it just helped hold it together I did it a bit earlier I worked out well

Thank you. You just saved my paslode.

Thank you so much! I was stopped at the part you told me you would spend hours figuring it out. Really really grateful and thanks so much again for such a informative video.

Thanks Dave, had a misfiring IM350 for ages, followed all your steps to give it a real deep clean but was gutted when it still continued to misfire. But by watching your video I only realised there was the second o ring, so after replacing both, the gun nail fires perfectly. Thanks very much for posting such a comprehensive video.

Excellent tutorial, thank you. The handle reassembly was a nightmare until I found & viewed this!

Thank you so much!!! That lockout spring was confounding me before I found your video. It popped out while I was disassembling to clear a jam and I couldn't figure out where it went. Just in case anyone else is curious, I have the IMCT model (900420) and your instructions worked perfectly for it. Thank you again!!!

This video saved my but! The paslode isn’t mine and I got a nasty mail jam where I had to take the tool apart. Thank you so much for putting this video together. It saved my butt when I had to assemble it. And the tool isn’t mine either. Thank you

Had a bad nail jam the other day, this helped putting it back together. Cheers

Brilliant thanks nailer back up and running!

Got an old paslode impulse for parts and dismantled it, whoth out knowing any thing bout it, a few bits left over but thanks to you it's up and going. Thank you very much

Thank you for the video. Having trouble with my gun, but now feel confident about a complete breakdown clean and troubleshooting. God bless

Brilliant. Solved my problem. Just what the internet is for . Thank you

That was excellent. Done perfect. Thankyou champion

Great video, I followed it and it works great. One thing missing - My piston bumper was destroyed and you stopped short of stripping the gun right there. Other than that - Perfect!

Very helpful. It’s great that you have taken the time and such care to help us all.

Spot on video pal, had an intermittent problem of not firing, it was that tiny spring on the nail stop! Had become misplaced! Nearly lost it on the floor too.

Thanks for saving my nail gun! Such a useful video, thanks!

great video bud many thanks , this convinced me to know a "spares repairs " gun for £50 and a service sorted it and i didn't even need to buy anything . happy days ! Many thanks David.

nice one mate very helpful. all the best

Yes! Finally found this! U are a hero Sir!

Thank you for the video, it was very helpful and just what I needed.

Brilliant vid mate. Life saver When my lockout bar and spring fell out when I was servicing my gun I thought I was fucked after seeing this vid. All sorted 👌🏼👌🏼

Had to make a repair and couldn't have done it without this video. Thanks!

Thanks Dave you’re star needed to put my gun back together and I did with your help 👌👍👍🙏

thankyou so much for this video . you have saved us heaps

I went a little further and popped the circlip out of the end of the piston and clean the piston rings along with the rubber buffer. You can use a Torx key to remove the exhaust valve. Must treat with care and not bend any of the valve flaps. I put the valve flap on a very flat surface and ran the edge of a Stanley blade across the top and bottom to scrape the exhaust crud off, with help from some WD40. I think a cruddy exhaust flap was preventing the pressure build up and not getting proper explosion. Worked AMAZINGLY afterwards!!!

Sincere thanks for such a detailed and straight forward tutorial:>)

Cheers mate really helped out!! Top charvey my boy

Thank you sir! Life saver. I can't believe it's the only way to put it back together. I hate that little spring so much! Haha

Yeah great video mate perfect very clear very easy to understand I’m a chippy to thanks for the video awesome👍

Fantastic. Very helpful.

Very thorough and neat.Thanks

You’re right about the spring it’s a real pain had to look for it about four times well I’ll try and put it together and nothing would fall out until I found the best way of doing it very well organise is the only way so after feeling with that for two hours took two hours because I kept losing the spring Flicking out at one point I’ve got a spring from the Hand wash is a little big I think one out of a smaller bottle like a small bottle of sprite to clean your glasses it will probably work but you know what happen I was gonna use that spring was gonna try and then I had to cut it a little bit so short on it and it flipped off right next to the other spoon so I had to go pick it up how lucky is that

I’ve gotta say it’s better than sleeping on the floor

Great video mate. Thanks for the help

1 hour breakdown and service instead of 4 hours after your video, thank you so much.

Great video. Many thanks. The local tool shop couldn’t repair coz they couldn’t buy new original part. I bought from ebay, followed your video and saved myself about £150. Thanks again. I see others have options to support/tip content producers - you might consider making it easy for us to make a donation. Thanks again 🍻

Thanks for the video. Sure makes it less intimidating to have a go.

Awesome almost done I think I need a new slider but I bent it back in place I think you’ll be okay

Extreme tear-down. As Uncle Bumblefack says, "Springin' and a sproingin'." I am never afraid of getting something back together but the parts that don't have a obvious orientation or locators are a bit of a worry.

Great video. It will be helpful when putting together every part, you could zoom in, so that we can have better look.

That was an awesome video thank you very much. I put everything back together and the thing won't even turn on. I take the 2 pieces apart and put the battery in and it works. I put it back together and it doesn't. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

David, firstly thank you for making this video as it gave me the confidence to disassemble my IM350 to look for a fault as it wouldn't fire. fault was found with a damaged follower of which i replaced successfully. While i had the gun totally stripped down i decided to give it a full service which went well. When fully reassembled i tested the gun it fired the first three nails fine then appeared to jam, after dissembling and reassembling a few times i noticed that the gas cover lid is rising when the upper and lower probe is depressed, it will fire however the fan will keep running until i press the lid back down. Have you any idea what is causing this? Found the problem little bit of lubricant required. Working as new now.

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Mate so helpful that video. Cheers pal

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Did you know King chrome has a great Alan said they’re like screwdrivers and I’ve gotta say I’ve even use a snap on screwdrivers and they’re good but the king chrome ones take the cake out awesome they fit perfectly the magnet works very well on the end very well no trouble there it’s just a screwdriver set mate right there so fine they’re very nice I think for eight piece roughly about 100 bucks Australian worth every penny he won’t look back

Very nice vid thanks.. to replace spring the follower button punches out from inside

I’ll give it another go if not I’ll take it into the shop but thank you so much I know I’m pretty close

Many thanks.

Legend thanks

Legend.

Thanks for this.

Thanks mate... you saved me hundreds !!

Bloody legend

Thankyou very much

Hi Dave. Brilliant video. Have had one on loan from a friend for a few months. Went to use it today, fully charged battery, gas a bit old but managed to few a handful of nails then it started cycling for ages so I just pulled the battery. Stripped it and cleaned as per original instructions. The microswitch doesn't click on his IM350 and I think that is strange. Is this normal? I appreciate the wheel can wear out. I checked for continuity at the connector on the circuit board behind the fan with the switch pressed but there is no continuity. Should there be? The microswitch presumably creates a circuit for the fan to run when the nose of the gun is pressed against something. The trigger presumably then just discharges the ignition circuit. Any ideas please?

Good video David. Only missing thing I can't find from any video or text is the piston and drive pin removal inspection and trouble shooting. I believe there is a bumper in front of the piston to keep it from bottoming out. Can you show this piston in a video? Thanks.

But nothing major great job there’s quite a few videos and I picked yours to learn so thank you so much great job

Gr8 vid. Thx

Great video.

I definitely messed up by not pulling all 4 nose guide screws and loosing the spring pin for the nail slide. Now I have to push the slide mech apart to unwind the flat spring,,, without breaking it. Any suggestions David?

Great video David just one thing my follower has broken ordered a new one but can't workout how to get it off the button any idea thanks

You save my life buddy

That`s the best of the best tutorials!!! May be you have another video where some diagnostic tips are subjected, please? It would be more that vital to have an idea with what to test in case if any common faults. As an example, how to understand whether the ignition coil is good enough? As you stated, this part is expensive. Is that possible to check it with a multimeter or with any smart tricks before replacement? Thank you

Thanks heaps for the demo I found the loading spring was missing Rgds Ross

Nice one 👍

Great video. No nonsense and wasting time (which we all know isn’t always the case!). I have a 900420 and the o ring near the fan broke in a weird way where (and this happened twice) the o ring broke in two places in exactly the same way - twice! I can’t figure out why. Also the motor works and yet it won’t fire. Maybe that part that actuates the spark? I was hoping you would show something about the small chamber above the fan which is where the gas goes but you can’t cover everything, it’s just my particular issue atm. Anyway, thanks for the helpful info. I’ll be subscribing.

Good Video!!

excellent thank you

Thanks so much for these great informative videos. I'm trying to service an old IM350 CT90 and having trouble removing the Retainer Ring Sleve (part 73). It is being fouled by the heads of the Bushing Shear Bush (part 63) which hold the Socket Head Capscrews (part 62). On your videos they seem to just fall out but mine are stuck. I've tried gently to drift them out but don't want to hit them too hard. Should they come out easily or is there another way to slip the Ring Sleeve past them to enable the cylinder mechanism to slide out of the plastic cover?

Dave excellent video. I have cleaned the gun but it won't fire. checked the spark and the fan running with the main body off, fan runs and spark fires when spring to microswitch engaged. Any ideas?

Thank u u are the bet

Brilliant thank you

Hj Dave just seen vid I have a Hitachi NRG90C2 its had little use probably just fired two boxes of nails at most now it wont fire any nails at all all the sounds are there any advise would be greatly appreciated Regards Sreve

After firing a nail what is it that returns the pistons to the start position ready for the next firing please?

Brilliant video but doesn’t show the bit I’m struggling with ... how do you get the button back together ? I have tried many times and isn’t 100%

could you please advise where you bought that screwdriver set? thanks

Hi Dave, thanks for the video. I have totally stripped the unit, including removal of the piston, and cleaning of the reed valve, and it still occasionally fires. New fuel , charged battery, all cleaned and oiled. Fan works, and spark fires every time when spark plug exposed and micro switch wheel depressed. What else would cause a failure to operate? What causes the piston to return to the top position?

I mean a better quality camera because like you can’t see what screws what like if you could hold the screw up so you can see the screw make a little bit easier like it’s easy to work out but you know what I think for a couple of minutes

I’ve learnt heaps like other videos I went had a rebuild guitars okay to do the Floyd rose and all that I was sick at one stage so I had heaps of time I’m better now so I’m working I’ve gotta start playing guitar and training but I had to stop and sort my investments out it’s important half I’m not financially stable I can’t like guitar I’ll build guitars I’ll train because I need a lot of time

I was having trouble with my slide bar it was a bit bent and I straightened it out so it slides without grabbing because it was grabbing and I’m pretty sure it’s missing a spring that’s why it wasn’t springing back I’d have to pull it back by hand so annoying especially when you’re doing overhead shots

Hi David, excellent vid thanks. You have given me the confidence to attack my 350. I was burgled recently and they took all my power tools. I have been loaned another Paslode but I am not getting any led light neither red or green. I looked into the battery compartment and I can only see one contact so I guess the other contact has either slipped or broken off from the pcb assuming there should be two contacts?

What allen and hex key set is that you have? Very informative video by the way. I'm still stuck with a broken im350. Press the nose and the fan works, had a full dismantle and clean, but press the trigger and it dies. Can't find any info online for it. Pin is dead straight and slides freely, gun is spotless and oiled correctly, o ring is seated properly and new, battery and gas work in another 350

i have a question how can i test the igniter as stripped mine down replaced the electric rail but still not firing

Thanks I’m going to get a service kit and give it ago and sell the old boy as I just got the new Im360 can you tell me if it’s the same steps for the im360 or will have to try and catch another video for it many thanks

Great video, is it normal for the gas cover to lift slightly when pushing to fire nails

Let's go for s pint

Yeah I haven’t got time to order new parts so where will I get a spring from that’s roughly the right size I’ll tell you where you go to your soap pumps and you take out the pump and you break the pump and there’s a spring inside their difference so pumps will have different side springs for thought I throw away my soap sometimes I break them out and get the springs I’ve paid for that spring