How to put tension on this adjustment screw

[TheOdessa]

Does anyone have any ideas how to put tension on this air adjustment screw on an eleaf lemo? It's so loose that it keeps going out of wack just by moving in and out of my pocket and screwing the tank on and off. And ideas?

It's the nut that you adjust that the red pen is pointing too. I want to adjust it but have tension on it so once I set it that it doesn't move easily

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[State O' Flux]

Plenty of ways... from semi-temporary to fairly permanent. A few wraps of Teflon thread tape or even cellophane tape, blue Loctite... a thin film of silicone sealant, allowed to dry.
Drill and tap for a set screw (if you have the tools) - or if you're feeling lucky... strike the nut with a center punch to slightly distort the threads. ;-)

 

[TheOdessa]

Plenty of ways... from semi-temporary to fairly permanent. A few wraps of Teflon thread tape or even cellophane tape, blue Loctite... a thin film of silicone sealant, allowed to dry.
Drill and tap for a set screw (if you have the tools) - or if you're feeling lucky... strike the nut with a center punch to slightly distort the threads. ;-)

Center punch to the center of the nut did the trick. Thank you so much! This was my biggest neg with this tank. Now the nut adjusts but there is enough tension that it won't move at all! I need strong tweezers to move the nut now, but that's okay as I keep one in my rewicking kit i keep in the car. I'm so thrilled. Thanks man!

 

[State O' Flux]

Center punch to the center of the nut did the trick. Thank you so much! This was my biggest neg with this tank. Now the nut adjusts but there is enough tension that it won't move at all! I need strong tweezers to move the nut now, but that's okay as I keep one in my rewicking kit i keep in the car. I'm so thrilled. Thanks man!

No problem. Good that you're sufficiently mechanically confident to do what I might have done myself... confronted with the same circumstance. Doesn't take much of a thread distortion to turn it from a 'spinner' to a 'dragger'. ;-)

 

[TheOdessa]

No problem. Good that you're sufficiently mechanically confident to do what I might have done myself... confronted with the same circumstance. Doesn't take much of a thread distortion to turn it from a 'spinner' to a 'dragger'. ;-)

I have a weekend car I work on so I have tools and know how. This dragger screw really made my love for the lemo grow. That was my biggest gripe about the thing!

 

[roxynoodle]

I have a 4 x 2 o ring on mine. Sometimes it still moves a little bit when I unscrew the bottom base. So when I refill I check it. If it did move a bit, I put it back and its good until at least the next time I refill.