Why does my porter fram nailer keep jumping over the nails in the gun

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I had the same problem with my Stanley stape gun. Had to replace all the seals and piston. Works find now! Check-out internet ...search for a rebuild kit for your model of gun. Get the complete rebuilding kit ....take about 1/2 hour to rebuild.

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check the magazine bolts are tight and that the magazine is snug aginst the nose. also be sure you are using 16 gage brads and not 18 gage

SOURCE: My nail gun will shoot one nail and then stop shooting.

check with one of your friends that have a nowinly good 18v bat if that dont work check for little pieces of plastic or pieces of the nail that are jamed up by the plunger

Kirk Augustin

• 2019 Answers
• Posted on Mar 12, 2011

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Try the other order, where you depress the gun first, and then pull the trigger.

SOURCE: gun fires mor than one nail at a time porter cable

There are two issues that people have with nailers that sound the same however are totally different. Firing more that one nail at a time can be taken as; two nails being driven with one fire or the nailer vary rapidly firing a second time almost instantly after firing the first nail and each time only drive one nail. Problem of double fire (either type) is very common with nailers (the gun very quickly fires twice), however two nails at once can only happen if the wrong gauge nails are used in the gun. A 15 g nailer can very easily pass two 18 g nails or, with more difficulty, pass two 16g nails. To help prevent the driver blade from hitting two nail heads at once, most drivers are slightly tapered at the tip so that the driver will hit the first nail and the tapered part will push the other nails back into the rails slightly. Remove the head of the nailer and pull out the driver. Measure or compare the thickness of the driver to the thickness of the nail head. If you are sure that you are using 15 gauge nails, check the driver for taper. The tapered part should face the rails. If not tapered, try carefully grinding a taper keeping the tip cool so that you do not effect the hardness. You could also check for other brands of 15 g nails with slightly more spacing between the nails. There is a big difference in quality among brands of nails. Good luck with your repair