Drip Tip Won't Fit??

[Silven]

I just ordered some stuff from litecigusa a few days ago and I just got it in the mail about 30 minutes ago. Everything showed up as ordered, but I'm having an issue...

I've never used a drip tip before, I just started vaping about a week ago. I guess I should mention that I'm using a 1100mAh kGo battery, works like a charm, has a standard 510 connection and everything that should fit a 510 connection fits my battery. (atty's, carto's, the charger, etc.)

So I ordered 3 different tips, all of which are supposed to be 510 compatible. I ordered an anodized aluminum, an acrylic, and a vase shaped acrylic. The anodized aluminum works just fine, fits real snug, takes a little effort to take it off/on. But the other 2, they simply wont slip into my atty. Is it a common issue for O-rings to be too fat??? I tried them on 2 different atty's too, just in case maybe one of them was mis-shapen somehow.

Do I need to get a knife and shave down these O-rings??

 

[lynch]

If they are not too big try a little VG on them, slides on easier.

 

[Silven]

I had tried that, lubing it up, but it seriously WOULD NOT budge, no matter how hard I pushed, and I didnt wanna snap my PV in half.

The vase one eventually ended up making its way in, the O ring was semi-soft and the edges of my atty kind of sheared off the extra rubber of the O ring after a few tries.

The normal acrylic, however.... oh my god I've never been so mad at an inanimate object... -_-

The rubber was super hard, my knife wouldnt even cut it just from sawing at it straight down. I ended up propping the rubber up against a metal back stop, after taking the ring off, and slowwwwlllyyy snippin away at the ring. Mind you I had to be careful so I didn't end up breaking the ring entirely.

Long story short, I eventually shaved it down and it fits nice and snug now.

 

[Loveridden]

I've taken an o-ring straight off before - I used a tack to pull it off. Sometimes there are minor differences in how different styles of drip tips fit. Putting a little juice on it usually works too.

 

[simply me]

I have trouble with all of my acrylic ones. The rings are just to big. Some I took off and some I tried to wear down. They need to think these out a little more.

 

[mudheadmackerel]

I've had the opposite happen - drip tip circumference not wide enough to provide a secure fit. It is what it is - just a matter of matching up a drip tip with a proper fitting atty or carto.

 

[zeek]

I have had to shave my drip tip o rings down with a razor blade before... Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!

 

[HzG8rGrl]

Go to home depot and in the plumbing section pick up Danco #36, #47 and #60 o-rings. One of these three should always work on the 510 styles.

Shaving the o-rings weakens them-I have done the shaving plenty of times and works when in a pinch!