Fixing or Improving a Stingray clone switch? can anyone advise me?

[Phone Guy]

Recently bought a black copper clone stingray 18650. Looks great, threads are mediocre, the switch is garbage. Its hard to press.. anything not pressing directly center makes the switch stick and you have to fiddle with it to come back out. Then even some of those direct center presses has resulted in no firing, or the worst case it just stuck and jammed while pressed in and....
it continues to fire! OMG!!!

and you have to manually pull out the switch trigger (or plunger or whatever you want to call it) to stop the connection.

I've searched a little, but I guess my search terms are too generic, and there's a lot of talk about stingrays.

So, is there any remedies mod hack or solution for a crap switch on a stingray? I'll post some pictures tomorrow I guess, unless this has been covered elsewhere, and if anyone can point me the right direction? even if all else fails, a whole new bottom firing switch........... (I'd rather have one with the engravings anyway)

This is basically what I got, plain white box, no manufacture info. (this is just a stock photo, but mine looks the exact same)

 

[Clark F]

When I received mine the switch fell out of the box in pieces and couldn't find the rice pin. I cleaned all of the parts filed down a nemsis rice pin and put it back together and no problems with it. Fatdaddy's carries upgrade parts and a complete switch I believe, but I haven't any of them. Try giving it a good cleaning and the switch needs to be screwed all the way in. Trying to adjust the throw for the battery from the bottom will not work. Some attys and batteries will not work on mine. Good luck!

 

[MrPlink]

I installed a fat daddy replacement kit on my buddies Stingray that became prone to autofiring and they work great.

 

[aage]

My friend ordered one like this from Fastech with Magnets. As soon as he put in the fresh battery it started heating up and got so hot he almost coulnt remove the battery. After that the magnets where ruined and Yes its JUNK.

 

[v1k1ng1001]

Mine wasn't that bad but a little crunchy when I first got it (same version but brass). I took the switch apart and lubed it for a few weeks and I also shortened the throw. After a while it just broke in. I then took the switch apart and cleaned it and, except for a few degrees of wobble, the switch works just fine.

 

[Transdelta]

I've had a stingray clone for a couple months now and convinced a few friends to pick 'em up as well--off the shelf, they all have pretty rough button action. Quick solution is to completely disassemble the button, deburr parts with a file, soak in iso alcohol, lube up and reassemble. I've done this with several stingray clones now and they all work like a charm.

 

[Phone Guy]

How do I take it apart?

 

[Jdbaker82]

I have the infinite black copper stingray clone it's bad as yours seems to be but a little crunch and tuff to press sometimes if not directly in the middle... going to take some wd 40 to it tonight

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[Phone Guy]

I can't figure out how to take the switch apart. About all I'm able to do is remove the top magnet, and it feels unnatural to do so, like it shouldn't come out. But I have not seen a way to take it "apart" per se.

 

[DocHo11idaze]

Youtube is your friend. Jsut google stingray mod and in most reviews they do a break down and take the switch apart. Turn the white piece and loosen it off then it's self explanatory. Careful though after that, don't lose the little pin

 

[Phone Guy]

I found a breakdown video of the switch. And I needed it, I didn't realize the plastic screws out
Cleaned it, lubed it with noalax, still crunchy and more voltage drop vs my nemesis. (Which is only a number but I thought it would be less drop being copper)

 

[DoubleWesternCheeseburger]

Mine wasn't that bad but a little crunchy when I first got it (same version but brass). I took the switch apart and lubed it for a few weeks and I also shortened the throw. After a while it just broke in. I then took the switch apart and cleaned it and, except for a few degrees of wobble, the switch works just fine.

how did you shorten the throw? the only way i can see is by the white delrin piece but that only screws in so far...
i watched pbusardos video and the throw on mine is probably 5 if not more times the throw on his

also what are you guys using to lube?

 

[Sgt.Rock]

My brand new Hcigar brass model was a little crunchy so I dripped a few drops of mineral oil around the edges of the magnet assembly--worked it in and out a few times and she's a happy mod now (CRC's electrical lubricant is just mineral oil in a spray can as far as I can tell)