In reply to Removed UserLayneWC:
I've used second generation nomics for the last 10 yrs and did a fix on the head two years ago. It started creaking during dry tooling sessions so I drilled out the top rivet, removed the head, glued it back in and installed an 8mm connector bolt were the rivet used to sit. The hardest bit was removing the head. This fix is well documented on here by cold will.
Since doing the fix the creaks have gone and the tools are sweet. They've had a lot of use since and I would buy another pair second hand rather than upgrade.
Having taken it to pieces it's obvious to me that the length of the head (very short) places weight at the very top of the shaft. This makes it wonderful to climb with, but relatively weak, especially for the bigger climber with long levers. It's a beautiful piece of kit.