Dirty Button

[Stormynights]

My SS GGTStorm got sluggish. I thought my batteries were all bad. I tried new batteries and no luck. I cleaned all my threads and still no luck. Finally I took my button apart. It was just black inside. I didn't expect that. Now it is clean and I am back making huge vapor clouds again. It was a bit tedious getting the button pieces back together but it was so worth the bother.

 

[EsxPaul]

You've made me want to go and take my button to pieces now, just in case
Thanks for the tip

 

[rwechsler]

Gotta make sure all of the button components, battery post, and (+) connector pin are all polished! People seem to tend to neglect them, but they're what actually make your GG tick!

 

[wreimer]

I took my Stealth apart completely last week, dropped everything into a bowl and filled it with hot water and a couple of denture cleaning tabs. Everything soaked for about an hour then got scrubbed with a soft toothbrush. It was amazing/disgusting to see how much grunge and grime there was.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Happens all the time to me -- I clean them more often than the threads tbh -- and I always wipe off the spring really well, too......

 

[Stormynights]

I never thought of a denture cleaning tablet.

 

[FunkyVapes]

Yowza. I think it's aboot time I take my GGTS apart to the bones and clean it. I know my threads are a bit grungy, I can only imagine the button after aboot 9 months without cleaning. I have been vaping with just the post because I thought my vapor production was going down, but a good cleaning should get the job done

 

[Stormynights]

A good cleaning makes a big difference. I use a pencil eraser on the inside of the button to clean it. A tip from Clyde. My button was getting hot before taking it apart and cleaning it. Now it doesn't even get warm.

 

[Fanky]

Any tips for taking apart the new stealth button? Mine wont come apart. Been using hot water and pliers for the last half hour with no luck. I know it needs cleaning.

 

[Fanky]

Yessss, finally got it off. Anyone use vaseline on their button threads?

 

[Stormynights]

Yessss, finally got it off. Anyone use vaseline on their button threads?

I never tried it but it sounds like a good idea.

 

[rwechsler]

Now that fuse upgrades are in stock, nobodyyyy has an excuse to run their GG without a spring! Don't bother cleaning your springs (unless you have a brass one), just buy a replacement. There isn't THAT much you can do to adequately clean your springs besides for wiping them down with a polishing cloth or trying to sand them (don't bother, waste of time imo). The GGTB springs have been in stock for the past 6 months, so those are always a viable option for your TS in case the brass ones go out of stock or you dont have a fuse upgrade/fuse springs.

 

[Killjoy1]

Any tips for taking apart the new stealth button? Mine wont come apart. Been using hot water and pliers for the last half hour with no luck. I know it needs cleaning.

Use sockets, not pliers, that way you won't gouge it up ;-) The button end is a 10mm socket and the internal end is a ?? crap, can't remember . . . If you've got a small metric socket set, though, it should be easy enough to figure out


Dirty button had caused me issues early on, I'd never even though of taking it apart and cleaning until it was suggested to me by another family member. Now I do it every time when I tear down for a full cleaning every week or two

 

[fright88]

Yessss, finally got it off. Anyone use vaseline on their button threads?

I wouldn't advise that. You wouldn't want it coming apart or falling off on you.

 

[Major]

Use sockets, not pliers, that way you won't gouge it up ;-) The button end is a 10mm socket and the internal end is a ?? crap, can't remember . . . If you've got a small metric socket set, though, it should be easy enough to figure out

The button head is indeed 10mm and the contact pin end of the assembly is 5mm. Even if you don't find a lot of use for metric sets of that size, going to a hardware store that sells individual sockets and picking up a 10mm and a 5mm is a good investment if you are going to be using your GGTS or Stealth much at all.

 

[Stormynights]

The button head is indeed 10mm and the contact pin end of the assembly is 5mm. Even if you don't find a lot of use for metric sets of that size, going to a hardware store that sells individual sockets and picking up a 10mm and a 5mm is a good investment if you are going to be using your GGTS or Stealth much at all.

thank you for that information. I was doing it the hard way and I have little sockets already.

 

[Killjoy1]

Good idea on buying individuals. not too many hardware stores around anymore that do that, but some still do. Even if not, a cheap off-brand set can be found at some discount stores for less than $10-15, not good enough quality for any heavy work but good enough for this purpose ;-)

 

[rwechsler]

You can always just get individual wrenches though. Not as cheap, but easier to use imo.

 

[Fanky]

Thanks for the tips everyone. Sounds like sockets are the way to go. I love how helpful this forum is.

 

[Mac_206]

Yeah I had so much carbon build up my kick was misfiring and now its perfect every time, thanks to all of you and all of my friends on ecf.. You are truly a blessing..