GG China Clone Fire Button gets Really HOT!

[itamarb]

Take it apart and LIGHTLY sand the center post and the part that screws off the button on the inside that makes contact with the center post with a very fine grit sandpaper. Fixed my hot button issue and made the button fire a lot better. More "sensitive" if you will.

@PepNYC ,can you upload a photo of these parts? I want to be sure I'm doing it right...
Thanks

 

[PepNYC]

@PepNYC ,can you upload a photo of these parts? I want to be sure I'm doing it right...
Thanks

Sure but it might take a while. I'm at work and can't do it right now.

In the meantime here's a brief description of what I did.

1. Take off the bottom cap.
2. Get a pair of needle nose pliers and just grab on the the piece inside that touches against the center post when you press the fire button.
3. Unscrew. Be careful not to lose the little spring that will pop out when you unscrew it.
4. LIGHTLY sand the end of the little screw on piece that touches the center post with a very fine grit sandpaper. All you want to do it remove the top silver layer or chrome coating so the brass is visible. I think I used a 2000 grit sandpaper.
5. Do the same for the center post under the spring that connected to the bottom cap.
6. Once you can see the brass on both parts, just reassemble. The tricky part is getting that little screw piece back on with the tiny spring in it while you screw in the fire button.

Did I mention sand lightly? If you sand that little screw on piece too much you'll basically ruin your mod because it won't touch the center post. Be careful, take your time, sand lightly and just pay attention to how it comes apart. You'll do fine. I'll try to get some pics up later on.

 

[Maggot]

After a little over a week of flawless use, my fire button started to get extremely hot as well, despite many cleanings. I followed the steps PepNYC listed and now it's running cool and smooth again. I used a wire wheel and a dremel all around the spring post and the contact on the fire button. Then I also used my dremel to polish the areas I wire wheeled, using Task Force #4 Light polish. I never saw any brass under the chrome. I thought I started to on the spring post, but after polishing, what I thought was brass buffed to a silver mirror finish. I figured if that didn't fix the problem, I'd try grinding down farther, but it looks like what I did worked. Half an AGA tank later and the fire button is staying very cool.

Thank you PepNYC for the quality info. You have saved my pinky flesh much pain and blistering.

 

[giantmidget]

great info. this is the first thing i'm gonna do when it comes in.

 

[lisancentraltx]

MUST return to this thread when I get off of work :/ I can't whip my ChiChi out of my bra and look it over closely lololololol

I haven't used this much at all since I bought it because it misfired all of the time and sometimes the button got RED HOT! I see this is the thread I need to read since I just pulled it out and fell in love with the look of it all over again =]

 

[DragonSG]

MUST return to this thread when I get off of work :/ I can't whip my ChiChi out of my bra and look it over closely lololololol

I haven't used this much at all since I bought it because it misfired all of the time and sometimes the button got RED HOT! I see this is the thread I need to read since I just pulled it out and fell in love with the look of it all over again =]

Kanthal button..? Lol.That's freaking scary..

 

[Luckyv]

Does anyone knw where i can get the button.... my lock on it broke ....