Kanger protank rebuild

Light Seeker;9844874 said:

Since there's lots of questions on some of the simpler things, here's my complete kangerPro rebuild procedure using cotton (butchers twine). I've done hundreds, with practice takes just a few minutes each.

Materials needed: 32g kanthal, butchers twine, 4-40 screw, sewing needle, needle nose pliers, lighter, fingernail clippers, scissors, ohm meter, beer of your choice, vape juice.

1. From a used head, remove top tube by pulling/slightly bending. May need to use a needle nose pliers if its really tight, or first time the head is rebuilt. Slide the attached grommet half way up this metal tube.
2. Remove the bottom metal plug & white grommet with fingernails, then pull out the dirty 'flavor threads' and burnt wick/coil.
3. Rinse all parts under tap water and dry with paper towel.
4. Cut off about 4" of 32g Kanthal. Hold about an inch of wire alongside screw, then wrap remainder of wire tight on the 4-40 screw for 5 wraps (4 underneath, or between the leads). Note...if holding screw & wire with left hand & wrapping with right, the first wrap will go behind screw, then over the top towards you. Keep wrapping holding wire tight, it will follow the screw threads. Unscrew this coil from the screw, hold one of the leads with the pliers, and put coil & leads into blue lighter flame for a few seconds. The coil will be glowing bright red, burning off any machining contaminants and anodizing the coil. Using a screw will form a perfect coil.
5. Put coil aside to cool, cut off about 3" of butchers twine. Separate 4 or 5 threads of this twine from the rest, put aside, you'll use these as your 'flavor wicks' later.
6. Wet the last half inch of this wick between your lips, squeeze together tight & roll in your fingers compressing it into a point. Screw this point into your coil...if it doesn't seem to go, reverse the coil and screw it from the other way. Once wick is thru coil, gently pull the rest of wick thru to center it on coil.
7. Straighten out the 2 leads, fish it thru the body of the head. Once fished thru, gently pull on leads to seat the wick in the bottom of the grooves. Bend one of the leads at 90 degrees to the body where it exits out the bottom.
8. Take a needle from the top, push coil together, ensure they're all separated by a mill or 2, centered in pipe, & not touching sides.
9. Thread grommet on lead that isn't bent, and insert into body. Bend this lead opposite the other lead, then insert bottom metal pin into assembly.
10. Take ohm reading as described above, with a 5/4 wrap of 32g kanthal, you should have a 1.9-2.3 ohm resistance. If its shorted, either the coil is touching the barrel, or the leads are crossed inside the barrel.
11. Take those 4 or 5 threads you previously separated, lay on top of the coil as flavor threads, ends going out the grooves in the assembly. Reinsert the top tube, then slide grommet down shaft all the way.
12. Trim leads with clippers tight against the assembly. Trim wick with scissors to match the flange around the assembly.
13. Screw rebuilt head into the base, and ohm again. If shorted, inspect where you clipped off the leads, didn't do a good job.
14. Pour yourself a beer, fill your tank with vape juice, wait about 15 minutes while the cotton is absorbing the juice and you're finishing your beer. Then enjoy a good clean vape using a home built cotton wick n coil.
    

Sounds like an awful lot, it really isn't, these are just detailed steps, takes maybe 3 or 4 minutes once u have procedure down... I'll save 8 or 10 heads needing rebuilding in a baggie, then do them all while watching a TV show. The hardest point is not wrapping the coil or threading the wick .... its often getting that damn bottom grommet re-inserted!

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