OBS Crius RTA?

[jefx]

I recieved my black Crius today from Wet Vapes....Sure enough, it has the leaking issue from the AFC just as others have mentioned here.

The whole unit will actually jiggle around a bit, even when fully assembled and tightened onto a mod. Also, the juice control spins too freely, like it was mounted on a ball bearing.

My guess is that it was either poorly machined, or it has an improperly sized gasket in the base section.

Has anyone figured out how to break down the base section to try and remedy this problem?

 

[roxynoodle]

Take out the 510. I took all my bases apart for their first cleaning.

 

[mtbason35]

I recieved my black Crius today from Wet Vapes....Sure enough, it has the leaking issue from the AFC just as others have mentioned here.

The whole unit will actually jiggle around a bit, even when fully assembled and tightened onto a mod. Also, the juice control spins too freely, like it was mounted on a ball bearing.

My guess is that it was either poorly machined, or it has an improperly sized gasket in the base section.

Has anyone figured out how to break down the base section to try and remedy this problem?

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Wow, that sucks. My black Crius is suppose to arrive Monday, also from wetvapes. Hope that this can be corrected. I had high hopes for this tank to go with my Aromamizer and Cthulhu v2. Both are a pain to refill, but certainly don't leak.

 

[freedogg]

Take out the 510. I took all my bases apart for their first cleaning.

roxy....how the heck did you get the 510 out??

 

[roxynoodle]

roxy....how the heck did you get the 510 out??

I should've said the pin.

 

[freedogg]

I should've said the pin.

o.k. how did you get the pin out. I've been un-screwing thr pin and nothing happens?? Thanx!

 

[roxynoodle]

o.k. how did you get the pin out. I've been un-screwing thr pin and nothing happens?? Thanx!

It came out on all 4 of mine ??

 

[roxynoodle]

So far I've only actually used the black v2 deck and today I built the silver one with the v3 velocity deck. No problems with those two. I think my initial leak with my black one was caused by not having the tank screwed completely into the base, so check that it is. I'm not 100% positive on that though.

I have not tested my silver v2 deck, nor my black v3 velocity deck.

 

[jefx]

my 510 pin just spins and spins. it doesn't get tighter or looser.

 

[roxynoodle]

Oh, thats weird, guys. Maybe that's the problem. I just cleaned those new velocity decks this afternoon.

 

[jefx]

The 510 was my first thought too.... but nothing.
It is hard to turn, but I have spun it in both directions at least 10 times. it never stops or comes out. I assumed it was just a press fit and didn't actually have threads on it.

 

[izen]

Got my velocity decks today. These are much nicer to build on And, yes, its a 1.27mm allen wrench for the grubs.

Yup. Thanks for the reminder, haven't scored it yet.

Bear in mind if you buy the decks only like I did,.they don't come with one.

Ouch!

 

[jefx]

I guess I will just chock the OBS Crius up to another faulty vape purchase. Seriously, the quality control in the vape world sucks. out of every 4-5 items I buy, 1 of them is DOA when I get it.

I just filed a ticket with Wet Vapes. Hopefully their Customer Service is as good as people have said.

 

[Marc411]

Damn shame that they have quality problems because it's a nice tank.

I received two with a dimple on the chimney holes. It tears up the deck pretty good if you try to use it.

Funny thing is I reached out for the manufacturer twice and got blown off.

 

[jefx]

Damn shame that they have quality problems because it's a nice tank.

I received two with a dimple on the chimney holes. It tears up the deck pretty good if you try to use it.

Funny thing is I reached out for the manufacturer twice and got blown off.

It's a nice design, but in it's current condition, I won't be using mine.

Did you try contacting the vendor you bought it from?

 

[roxynoodle]

I've been having good luck for awhile now, thankfully.

 

[jefx]

Marc, I know it's not an ideal solution, but have you tried straightening out the dimple with needle nose pliers/screw driver/punch/dremel? It looks like a problem that could be fixed with some simple hand tools.

 

[roxynoodle]

Yup. Thanks for the reminder, haven't scored it yet. Ouch!

Being a weird size and given most of them that come with attys are crappy I bought a 10 pack of better ones off ebay from China.

Hex keys/allen wrenches.

This guy because I bought 0.9 ones also for some of my other attys.
10pc x 0.7 / 0.9 / 1.27 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3mm L Wrench Hex Metric Wrench Hexagon

 

[freedogg]

Well I finally got the 510 post (the brass thing with a screwdriver slot) and can tell you it is not threaded. The positive block on the deck has a pin (non-threaded) that pushes into that brass 510 post which is hollow like a tube. So screwing/unscrewing the 510 post does nothing. I also believe the insulator that pin/positive post goes through is ceramic because mine shattered while trying to get it apart. While I got the 510 post and positive block/pin out , the base still doesn't come apart. This is a ver 2 deck and I wanted a V-deck anyway. lol

Since this deck is ruined, I'm going to keep trying to get the base apart. Dremel and cutoff wheel here I come!!

This was the first Crius I bought and never had any probs with it. I took said Crius off a mod and put it in an atty holder a day and a half ago. When I went to use it tonight the bottom of the atyy (inside the afc ring) was full of juice.

I have a couple theories on the leaking and one of them has to do with where the 510 post/positive block pin/insulator come together in/on the deck. Remember they're pressed, not screwed.

More to follow. I need to go to bed before I just smash this thing with a sledgehammer and call it a day!! lol

 

[jefx]

Freedogg. Sorry to hear that your deck is now busted, but many thanks for sacrificing it to figure out how it's assembled. I am very interested in your findings. Hopefully the info you get from your experiment will help those of us with leaky decks find a way to fix them.

If you do go farther with the disassembly, some pictures would also be helpful!

I am also curious as to how Roxy was able to remove the 510 post from her decks by unscrewing them, while others of us have posts that are press-fit into place.