Question on removing Sigelei #8 switch (easy)

[goonie]

Before I destroy this switch doing something stupid:

Which way do I turn it to remove it? The threads look like lefty loosy threads, but I could be wrong (since KTS uses reverse threading for the same type of switch)

Thanks.

 

[Mark8n]

I was stuck on this FOREVER! What I did was used a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the button in place and heated the switch with a lighter. The while it was still hot used another pair of pliers to turn the pin and after a few turns voila! Your good to go.

 

[goonie]

I appreciate your response, but it didn't answer my question.

Which direction am I turning it? Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise?

Thanks.

 

[Mark8n]

Sorry, lefty loosey righty tighty, to the left

 

[goonie]

Thanks!

10 char

 

[techmatlock]

It's not reverse threaded. Careful, I snapped the firing pin inside the button while trying to twist because they put loctite in the button. Soak it in something that breaks down loctite. Use rubber vise grips to grab the firing pin inside the tube and the top button. Hold one end so it doesn't twist while turning the other part counters counter-clockwise.

I'm on my phone right now, when I get home I can look up a product for you that breaks down loctite.

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[goonie]

Thanks for the advice. When I used pliers to try this yesterday, I stopped when I realized that I could potentially sheer the button.

So I'm guessing if you don't keep the pin from spinning while trying to remove the switch, it will force the button off because the outer threading?

It's amazing how much more solid this device is than the similarly designed KTS Storm - yet they failed to use reverse threading on the switch....

 

[techmatlock]

Yeah, pliers don't really work well because they can't grip very well. I've learned that you need to use something like small vise grips, so that it locks down on the part you are trying to unscrew. The firing pin has threading on the end inside the switch, but the top button spins it when you try to unscrew the top part. That's why you have to hold one end tight while you unscrew the other end. I've never owned a KTS, but I've heard that these Sigelei's like you said are much more solid. It would be nice if Sigelei didn't make these buttons so hard to take apart. Are there advantages to using reverse threading?

 

[Mark8n]

Yeah that's why I said hold the button with another pair of pliers I'll post pictures in a few

 

[meatsneakers]

They used thread locker on the threads, so heat the button with a torch to break it free.

 

[goonie]

Are there advantages to using reverse threading?

Yes, since turning the safety ring to the right locks it down to the bottom of the switch (where it meets the body of the device), you only need to have a grip on the ring while turning it to the right to unscrew the entire assembly. There is no possibility of yanking the free spinning part of the switch out by accident (by turning to the left), as was state above in a previous post.

 

[techmatlock]

Ah, I see. Yeah, that would be nice.