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I think my veritas is screwed, I can't get it to tighten up enough to keep it steady anymore. I'm pretty well screwed. I don't have the money to replace it. I am stuck with it for at least 2 weeks. Then I need to find myself a very well built marquis clone or a cheap authentic.

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Can't get what tightened up enough?
 

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Can't get what tightened up enough?
The positive screw is supposed to thread into the top insulator nut, then the first metal nut when tightened causes tension and keeps the screw in its place.

The threads on the insulator nut are stripped, this makes it so that the other nuts just pull the screw more and more and more through the Veritas and never really tighten fully.

Hard to explain but it makes it impossible to get things to stay consistent.

I just found some replacement top insulator nuts on the firefly website for $3 each. If I had known they were there before my account was tapped when I got paid Fri I would have ordered a few of them.

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The positive screw is supposed to thread into the top insulator nut, then the first metal nut when tightened causes tension and keeps the screw in its place.

The threads on the insulator nut are stripped, this makes it so that the other nuts just pull the screw more and more and more through the Veritas and never really tighten fully.

Hard to explain but it makes it impossible to get things to stay consistent.

I just found some replacement top insulator nuts on the firefly website for $3 each. If I had known they were there before my account was tapped when I got paid Fri I would have ordered a few of them.

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Gotcha. Yes, $3 would be the way to go.
 

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I'm a little surprised you were able to find replacement parts for your Veritas. Got a link to share with the rest of us Veritasers?
Yep they only have the insulator, they also used to have thumb nuts to replace the metal nuts but are sold out.

This is the official site for iHybrid.

http://www.fyreflyecigs.com/products/peek-insulator

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Yep they only have the insulator, they also used to have thumb nuts to replace the metal nuts but are sold out.

This is the official site for iHybrid.

Veritas Insulator – Fyre Fly Ecigs

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find out what thread they are and check out a local hobby shop that sells RC stuff....
 

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Thanks for all of the suggestions. Chak, I had an RM5 (Double Cross converted to BF) but I traded that in one of my 'Shady deals' :glare:
I remembered this morning that I have a $100 Visa my daughter gave me for Christmas to use on Vaping supplies. I still might go get that brass BF Cyclone w/ Cyclops AFC at Indy Vapors. I am also considering just go back to Rob and get an LP RM2 and either an RM3 or RM4. Heard a lot of good things about the RM4. Trouble is, Rob's site is like play land to me: There is a Grand rebuild kit, with video tutorial, for $25 where Rob shows how easy it is (for him) to switch an older Grand over to the newer contacts (Sparkey ?). Never hurts to have spare door magnets, juice well O-rings....
I have an older RM2 that I've kept as a spare. Today I decided to open up the air hole. I think the standard air hole is 1mm (pretty sure on that). Using a Variable Speed Drill set at 'crawl', I carefully opened the air hole to 1/16th (1.58mm). Whoa ! Talk about a big change form a small adjustment. Tons of vapor, makes the standard RM2 seem like sucking a dinner mint through a straw. Whatever loss of flavor, if any, seems minute. It's making my Kayfun seem weak, and only the Veritas comes close. I am not ready to drill all of my RM2's (YET....) but sure seems to improve what was already a nice little RBA :thumb:
 

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