GGTB loose button issue

[PhreakySTS9]

Ok, so my GGTB is by far my favorite PV i've ever used, but i'm having problems with it staying tightened up. The button especially is constantly loosening up a lot and I have to take the battery cap off and tighten it back up. I want to keep it tightened so that I can stop fiddling with it, but i'm afraid using either Loctite or teflon tape will somehow interfere with the conductivity and it won't fire properly. If I were to take the button off and take it apart to put loctite on the threads(inside the button, not the threads that screw the button into the tube) will this prevent it from firing?

 

[CaptSteve]

Which GGTB do you have and more importantly which button are you using? You can use rubber tipped needle nose to tighten it, just make sure you use rubber tipped one's so they don't scratch the tube

 

[RiverNut]

Yes Teflon will prevent conductivity. Try a thin coat of Vaseline or No Ox Id on the threads and then tighten as Capt said with rubber tipped pliers...especially on the button head.

 

[fright88]

To add on to what has been said my expierence with locktite is it does reduce conductivity so I try to avoid it.

 

[imeothanasis]

Hi phreaky. Can I please ask something? It gets unscrewed the head from the pin or the whole button from the tube of GGTB? If its the second then take a towel and screw it as hard as you can on the tube. If you want to tighten it more then use pliers with a thin nose and screw it a little more. Nothing else is required

 

[PhreakySTS9]

The head of the button gets unscrewed from the pin, i've had no problems with the whole button getting loose. I have the stainless steel model, just bought from Bruce at CoV at VaperCon in October.

 

[CaptSteve]

Ok this is a very common problem when the buttons are first assembled they aren't sometimes tightened enough. Take out your button and wrap the head in a towel/cloth and grab it with pliers (make sure you have it so it won't get scratched) and then while holding it firmly really tighten the contact nut on the other end of the button. Problem solved, re-install button and vape like it's going out of fashion

 

[imeothanasis]

That easy too phreaky. Keep (with pliers or even better with a polygonal tool) the pin's base and wearing gloves screw as hard as you can the head of the button.

The head of the button gets unscrewed from the pin, i've had no problems with the whole button getting loose. I have the stainless steel model, just bought from Bruce at CoV at VaperCon in October.

 

[imeothanasis]

that too Steve, thanks buddy

 

[Poppa D]

I've had this problem to. I found a very small oring to place on the pin threads. The oring gets compressed when the button is attached to the pin and keeps them tight. Sorry I dont know the size of the oring, maybe Imeo can tell you which size would fit.

 

[dspin]

Whatever you do, clean that button weekly, esp. the pin threads