Billow RTA is stuck on my mech mod!

[DaveSignal]

The Billow has airflow grub screws on the bottom of the atomoizer. These were backed out to be flush with the bottom before attaching the atomizer to my Stingray mod. The stingray has grooves on the atomizer-side of the top cap, ie: the top cap is not a flat plane. I think that one of the airflow grub screws on the Billow has backed out just slightly and so now when I try to unscrew the atomizer, I get minuscule movement before it stops and I hear a 'click' sound. I think that this 'click' is the sound of one of the grub screws on the Billow hitting the inside of one of the grooves on the stingray top cap.

For now, I have been re-filling the Billow from the top and just leaving it on the Stingray. The stingray is a good size for the Billow, because the Billow is tall and the Stingray is short, making the overall size somewhat normal. But, not being able to remove the Billow does make filling more complicated. It also makes it harder to clean the contacts on the mod. At least the Stingray is a clone, so I always have the solution of using a dremel to slice apart the stingray top cap and I won't feel horribly guilty. I may end up doing this, but wanted to see if any other vapers here have any better ideas or possibly a way that I can access those grub screws without having access to the bottom of the atty.

 

[Lova]

Can you disassemble the rta you are using and see if you can use some tool to screw the fillscrew in from inside the tank? If you can't, you just might have to dremel the topcap to pieces to remove the RTA

 

[roxynoodle]

Do a search for this happening with kayfuns and Stingrays. There's a solution, but I can't remember what it is.

 

[DaveSignal]

Well thanks for the suggestions. I have tried a number of things, but I don't think this is coming off. I actually just broke the glass on my last attempt. Damn. At least I can get replacement glass for it. It is an inexpensive atty, so I am now thinking about just leaving it on that old stingray. The stingray wouldn't get use otherwise anyway. The Billow doesn't need a copper mod, since it doesn't really have the airflow for super low resistance builds anyway. The Billow does work wonderfully though. It hasn't leaked and it has flavor like an RDA. I am now thinking about getting a second one along with a better single-tube short mod that doesn't have grooves in the top cap.... possibly a SMPL since everyone seems to think they are so great.

 

[Marc411]

I just fixed one for a friend that had the same thing happen to her, I turned it upside down and screwed it back in with a toothpick. If you have any space to see the screw wet the toothpick a bit and use it to turn the screw back into the base.

 

[Lova]

Well thanks for the suggestions. I have tried a number of things, but I don't think this is coming off. I actually just broke the glass on my last attempt. Damn. At least I can get replacement glass for it. It is an inexpensive atty, so I am now thinking about just leaving it on that old stingray. The stingray wouldn't get use otherwise anyway. The Billow doesn't need a copper mod, since it doesn't really have the airflow for super low resistance builds anyway. The Billow does work wonderfully though. It hasn't leaked and it has flavor like an RDA. I am now thinking about getting a second one along with a better single-tube short mod that doesn't have grooves in the top cap.... possibly a SMPL since everyone seems to think they are so great.

I have a glas mod and it has got a flat top + a magnetic button and incredibly smooth lock ring

 

[dravell]

I have a kayfun thats been stuck on a stingray for 3 months lol

 

[fati]

Once I got that stuck atty problem fixed by putting the mod into the freezer then using channel locks to disasemble

 

[DavidOck]

Since it "vibrated" out from handling, maybe turn it upside down and gently tap a while to see if it will go back in? And the freezer may help with that, too.

Good luck!