Which insulator goes with steel connector?

[critterbug]

I purchased a steel connector to replace the brass one on my [old style] aluminum GGTS. I'm fairly certain that I ordered the wrong plastic piece. Of course, I arrived at some "fair certainty" after 30 minutes of fighting to get the pin/connector insides to twist smoothly (or at all, really) into the plastic.

Which piece is the correct insulator for this connector?

TIA

 

[RiverNut]

This is it

GGTS Replacement Delryn Connector Insulator

And be careful putting your pin through it. I pulled my pin out just now to try and unscrew the insulator so I could compare on the website. When I pushed the pin back through, 2 tiny orings popped out...1 broke in half
And I'm not sure how to get them back in there. And wasn't able to unscrew the insulator.

 

[RiverNut]

Can someone help me now lol. How do you unscrew the insulator and put the tiny orings back?

Edit: I got the insulator unscrewed and discovered that when you replace the pin through the steel connector and insulator, you need to first remove the tiny orings from the insulator, put the pin through the connector, then put the orings on the pin, then carefully screw the connector back into the insulator. As you screw the assembly back together the orings get pushed into the insulator which gives you the slight resistance you need for the pin to move freely but not fall out. Hope that makes sense.

 

[critterbug]

Oh, RiverNut. I now feel like such a bane. Please PM me your address. I have one surviving oring (used but in tact) on the pin, which is presently out of commission anyway until I can get that other part. So please let me send you mine. I'm one short anyway and have to order an oring set.

Thank you so much for answering this. I tore my original insulator all to heck trying to get it out to replace the brass connector a few months ago and the insulator I ordered was too long. This one is shorter. Thank you tremendously.

RE: where the orings go
When I replaced the brass connector before, I just left the orings on (and close to the threaded movable piece on the pin...I can take a picture if you want to see) and screwed the pin into the insulator. I'm assuming the orings ended up in the right place because the tension on the pin was perfect. When I unscrewed it to put the steel connector on, they had been inside the insulator, so I think, in the process of screwing the pin into the insulator, they automagically get where they're supposed to go? Anyway, I would not consider this pro advice so maybe someone else can be more helpful. Had to share my experience with it, though.

It is also shown this way (pin > threaded part > orings > insulator) at GGTS User Manual - E-Cigarette Wiki(Diagram 2).

 

[RiverNut]

That's a very nice offer critterbug, but not necessary...thank you though! I haven't tried it yet but I think one o ring might work ok. I'm using my Ody on a stealth cap right now so it's not an emergency.

Those TINY o rings are tricky and I'm not positive I did it right so yeah if you have time to post of pic of yours, that'd be great.

And thanks for link friend.

Edit: no worries on the pic, I checked out the link...and I did do it correctly ...thanks again

 

[critterbug]

Sorry for the delay - here 'tis.



I don't know if that's helpful, but that is where I have had the orings in the past and they were pushed up into the insulator in the process of connecting the two.

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Oh. LOL Now I see you said NM on the pic. Well, maybe it will help someone else.

Glad you got it worked out - thanks again for your help.

 

[JthaBigVapor]

Crit, very nice of you to offer to do that for river.

 

[critterbug]

Thanks, J. I was thinking it was awfully nice of River to be so thorough in his help to find the right part. Kindness does flow around here. It's hard not to be part of it.

 

[JthaBigVapor]

I do agree, we have a great community.