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[VMGz]

Hey all,

I know this question has inevitably been posted here a billion times, but do any of you have advice on how to fix the sticky button on the stingray family of mech mods?

Notes:

- I own an authentic copper stingray and stingray x, as well as a brass stingray clone, and all three have equally terrible fire buttons.
- I have tried graphite and vaseline.
- I am fully aware of the small locking pin within the switch, and have not done anything to replace it.
- the locking pin fits securely into the base magnet and I see no need to replace it.
- I have not tried sanding or using a liquid-base lubricant.
- the buttons have all had at least 2-months of moderate usage break-in time.
- yes, I am aware that the stingray x and non-stingray x models have different switches.

Thank you for any feedback!

 

[derogg]

What helped for me was: polishing with fine grit sand paper, a longer pin and some lubricant.
Also I notice that just snug tight of the switch to the tube helps.
-Dirk

 

[Mrez]

I have an authentic red copper stingray, and the graphite smoothed out the switch, but it does still click. My black stingray x (clone) I ground down the bottom piece of the switch housing and did the graphite thing and its silky smooth on the throw. Your switches might just need a bit of grinding on the inner housing.

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Had similar issues...

The rice pin on my Hcigar was wonky...yes it "fit" but replacing it solved my issues.

 

[wonkeypickle]

Strange as it sounds on my authentic mixed pb ray, the dirtier the switch is the less it sticks. Its only after a good cleaning inside and out that it has clicking issues.

 

[Stringplucker]

I replaced the rice pin with a piece of 0.06" diameter trimmer line. That with a touch of graphite smoothed mine out.

 

[bkim1]

On my stingray x I just use vaseline to lube the inside portion of the switch so that it glides smoothly. If that doesn't work then I would probably take some sand paper to grind/smooth out the switch so it stops clicking.

Hope this helps.

 

[k5blazer]

Watched a Youtube the other day dealing with this issue. Looks like a good fix to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tddIHOPULIE

 

[duc916]

One thing I've found with Nemesis clones (which have nearly identical switches to the Stingray), is that the delrin rings don't always sit perfectly on the switch assembly. The symptom is that every time you remove the switch from the tube, it actuates just fine (no sticking), but once you screw it into the tube and that delrin ring pushes up against the battery, the whole assembly becomes cockeyed, and you get a sticky switch. Once I reamed out the inside diameter of that delrin ring to make it fit properly, the problem went away and now the switch is butter. It might be worth looking closely at your switch from a side-view and see if that delrin ring is sitting in any way non-uniform. Definitely check that everything is straight and true before you start sanding any electrical surfaces. Better to address the root cause than band-aiding it.

 

[LA-Vapite]

I have found that the replacement SW bottom for the nemesis fits on both the Sting Ray X and the previous Sting Ray Types
I have clones for both and it works great - especially with the magnet upgrade
The 2 locations that carries this for under 9.00 are both Out of stock
I guess one could also get a cheap neme clone just for jusst the SW


But the difference is night and day

 

[Jjshbetz11]

Run a longer rice pin, if you are making from scratch, file down cut ends to a dull tip. Fine sandpaper moving only north south on piece that threads into tube, follow that with a nice polish of entire switch. Then wipe with alcohol Wipe.

 

[k5blazer]

Run a longer rice pin, if you are making from scratch, file down cut ends to a dull tip. Fine sandpaper moving only north south on piece that threads into tube, follow that with a nice polish of entire switch. Then wipe with alcohol Wipe.��

Just did this on my SRX I just got from Fasttech. The button was horrible with crunch and wobble. Now, bigger pin, 2000 grit sand and polish, no more crunch, and the throw is almost none existent. Does not auto fire either.