Bent Needle?

You can pretty well take everything apart.

There's a sticky on cleaning in the beginners questions section

It's possible to have a crack only visible under mag.
It's possible to just flare the nozzle.

If it were me I would still get new ones, even if you get them working.
For the fact that you won't know if it's acting right or not.


In the meantime....soak them in vodka or denatured alcohol.

Until you've found a parts diagram and are sure you have all rubber out I wouldn't soak anything farther back than the cup.
 
Just for the ease of knowing you are starting off with a clean slate, I would replace both needle and nozzle. If the nozzle looks good, it could still be flared - not easy to tell just by looking, and won't perform properly.
 
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