Sad day in the world of
vaping for me... I went to put a new coil in on my Trident clone from Focal and When I was screwing down the post cap I noticed that it wouldn't tighten up and kept spinning after unscrewing and trying to screw it back on. At first I thought I had stripped the threads on either the top cap or on the post itself but after I took the cap off that was not so.. When I took it off I inspected the post and saw this:
At first it was only on one of the posts so I told myself, "Well darn I can't do dual
coils on this anymore". So I tried with the other post and the same spinning started happening. I knew this time what the problem was for sure and indeed it was true. The other post broke off as well and now my Trident is not able to have any coil installed on it safely. I did get it to capture the lead for one that I tried but the resistance was jumping around like crazy so I decided to just retire it and put it in a spot for spare parts if I need it for my replacement on that should be here in about a week or so hopefully.
Words of advice:
If you notice that your post caps are spinning freely, gingerly remove them and inspect the post and make sure that the gap in the post is still stock size and not pushed together. If it is pushed together go ahead and order another Trident Clone as it will soon break off and not be usable. Also be careful when tightening down your post caps so you do not over tighten it and cause the gap in the posts to be pushed together. This will slowly wear on the integrity of the post and you will end up in the same boat as me. Be gentle with your
vape gear and it will provide much happiness to you. If not then it will provide much sorrow to you.