I Broke my provari...

[Playa_hamm420]

The spring in the end cap extender.. i pulled it out fail!

Im just looking for what specific material is safe to use to epoxy/weld/glue this damn spring back in place..


Yes i know pliers and blah blah blah methods of putting it back in.. tried it.. failed..

moved on..

JB. Weld?? Silicon?? Whats SAFE to use?

 

[zoiDman]

The spring in the end cap extender.. i pulled it out fail!

Im just looking for what specific material is safe to use to epoxy/weld/glue this damn spring back in place..


Yes i know pliers and blah blah blah methods of putting it back in.. tried it.. failed..

moved on..

JB. Weld?? Silicon?? Whats SAFE to use?

Before I did Anything I would send Provape a Picture of both the Spring and the Cap.

Maybe you just need a New Spring.

They sell Spring you know?

 

[Playa_hamm420]

The spring is fine fully intact 100%.. i just pulled it out of its resting spot and am looking for a permannt way of keeping in its tiny hole..

I know i can use a pair of needle nose plyers and put it back in its hole... but i wanna make sure its never gonna come out again so im asking for the best material be it.. conductive or non.

 

[zoiDman]

The spring is fine fully intact 100%.. i just pulled it out of its resting spot and am looking for a permannt way of keeping in its tiny hole..

I know i can use a pair of needle nose plyers and put it back in its hole... but i wanna make sure its never gonna come out again so im asking for the best material be it.. conductive or non.

OK.

If you just Have to glue it then I would use 2-Part Epoxy.

 

[Batsu]

i pulled the spring off my extended cap once. people told me "it just presses in there it snaps in place" like heck it does. i tore that spring up trying to get it back in there, and said screw it and sent to to provape to be replaced. thing is a royal PITA

 

[Frick]

Personally, I'd never glue it in place. Imagine it has to be replaced at some point: you're going to be trying to dig it out of glue. Or you want warranty service and the end cap is full of glue.

Some glues also off-gas chemicals. Putting that in the same tube as a battery might not be the best idea.

If you insist on gluing it, I'd use hot glue, since it seems to be safe in box mods people build.

 

[zoiDman]

Personally, I'd never glue it in place. Imagine it has to be replaced at some point: you're going to be trying to dig it out of glue. Or you want warranty service and the end cap is full of glue.

Some glues also off-gas chemicals. Putting that in the same tube as a battery might not be the best idea.

If you insist on gluing it, I'd use hot glue, since it seems to be safe in box mods people build.

I'm kinda with you on the entire Glue thing.

But the OP wanted ideas on Glue so "Que Sera, Sera".

 

[Slurp812]

I pulled mine out, stretched it out a bit, and put it back in. Mine stayed. Maybe yours is not in quite the right shape. IDK. But they do sell springs.

 

[donnah]

I think I'd just go ahead and order another end cap.

 

[Square1]

Well if it was a cheap mod, I would say tinker with it, but due to the price tag, I would just send it back and ask for a replacement, good luck with whatever you decide.
ChasingVape

 

[st0nedpenguin]

Turnaround for repairs is pretty speedy.

 

[Playa_hamm420]

right now its working great with the spring just resting in the bottom .. i'll look into buying another end cap but @ 20$+shipping.. ugh

 

[JollyRogers]

I'm just glad to see someone else had a spring come out and cannot get it to stay in place - meaning I am not the only one! GL with what ever avenue you take.

 

[denali_41]

just a little bit of silicone would work,,but don't plug that vent hole in the bottom,gasses need to vent somehow

 

[envizion]

It is possible, I did it for a friend, to thread the the spring back in through the vent hole. I was able to do it without scratching the end cap at all. I used a pick, cut a piece of plastic and put a hole in it so I could keep from scratching the end cap, and used a few dabs of laundry detergent for lubrication. Then I washed the lube off, dried it, and put a small amount of never seeze on the threads.

Then he pulled it out again and I fixed it again by using a tube with the same inside diameter as the hole. The tube happened to be a pen I had. I first used the soap again in the tube and the hole in the end cap and then pushed the end of the spring that goes to the battery in the tube. Then I put the tube over the hole and took a punch and pushed the spring back into the hole. This took about 2-3 minutes and the other method took 20.

He did it again and I just laughed at him. I walked him through the pen method and he was able to do it for himself from then on. LOL, he has pulled the spring out many times because he keeps thinking it is off center and says he gets OCD about that. Good luck getting yours in, it's pretty easy.

 

[tybin]

they told be that you press and then TURN to get it back in.

 

[envizion]

they told be that you press and then TURN to get it back in.

This works too.

I had to use the other methods i mentioned when I fixed my friend's because he bent his in an oval shape with pliers, should've mentioned that.

 

[Kenzi]

Turnaround for repairs is pretty speedy.

How do repairs work? Mine is totally not working I just sent them an e-mail on their web site to ask but I feel impatient.

 

[Rubber Ducky]

This happened to me once. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the indentation that the spring sits in threaded? My solution was to manipulate the base of the coil into a very slight oval. Then I placed the cap on a desk and, using a pair of needlenose pliers, I grabbed the spring about halfway down its length and pushed one of the "points" of the oval into the threading. I put some pretty heavy pressure on it and held the pliers still while spinning the cap. It took a little while, but eventually the coil caught the threads and really cinched down in there, sturdier than it ever was. If that doesn't work at first, try opening up the bottom of the spring a little bit more and giving it another go. And if THAT doesn't work, I'd say look closely and check to see if you somehow managed to strip the threading when it came out.

 

[Fusselkater]

Some time and patience and some good pliers and you can fix it.