1. Take a Clockwork Chirurgeon Kit and Remote Control from the crates near Oglethorpe. There is an owner's manual there, also
2. Retrieve an Encephlocortex by proceeding to the Great Gears and locate a Clockwork Collector or Disassembler. Dismiss any pets you have...the Chirurgeon won't work if you have a pet.
3. Activate the Chirurgeon and then use the remote on the Chirurgeon (Your hotbar buttons will change and you become the clockwork).
4. Next target the enemy clockwork (collector or assembler) and click the 3rd hotbar button followed immediately by the 2nd hotbar button. Quickly target yourself and wait for the remote to wear off. At this point the enemy clockwork should become a harvestable drone. There is no fighting involved.
5. Harvest the Encephlocortex.
6. Return to Oglethorpe. Once you talk to him it will take him less than a minute to do the work and you receive the reward.
This above was originally posted in http://www.eq2i.com, so that's where the credit should go. :-)