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Hercules squeaky and rough tail cap, any solution?

Minamoto Kobayashi

Minamoto Kobayashi

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Hello to everything!
My Herc 550 has some minor issues that I need to solve, and this is one of them!
After some twists my aluminum Herc tail cap is becomed squeaky and rough, and is very annoying in a so beautiful item.
I have tried with silicon grease, but it is too thick and the result was horrible.
Besides this, silicon grease is not conductive, and may cause some contact issues.
A friend of mine has created a special paste, mixing quality hand cream with graphite powder, but I think he is braidead :thinking:
Another friend has suggested me a wrap od teflon: excellent result indeed, but any electrical contact was gone to hell ...
Another friend of mine has suggested me to use the Arctic mx-3 thermal paste for CPU heatsinks, but I'm not sure if it electrical conductive nor lubricant.
So, any suggestion to solve this issue?
Thanks since now!

Richard.
 





Minamoto Kobayashi said:
Hello to everything!
My Herc 550 has some minor issues that I need to solve, and this is one of them!
After some twists my aluminum Herc tail cap is becomed squeaky and rough, and is very annoying in a so beautiful item.
I have tried with silicon grease, but it is too thick and the result was horrible.
Besides this, silicon grease is not conductive, and may cause some contact issues.
A friend of mine has created a special paste, mixing quality hand cream with graphite powder, but I think he is braidead :thinking:
Another friend has suggested me a wrap od teflon: excellent result indeed, but any electrical contact was gone to hell ...
Another friend of mine has suggested me to use the Arctic mx-3 thermal paste for CPU heatsinks, but I'm not sure if it electrical conductive nor lubricant.
So, any suggestion to solve this issue?
Thanks since now!

Richard.
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Ahh man, you have allot of issue's with your Hercules :(

Can you provide us with some picture's to explain it better ?

If not, i can shoot some of mine so you can do the text with it to explain it better...

Cheers, sm..

*Update*
After reading it more carefull i think i know what you mean.
You mean the tailcap threading is not like it should be, and your looking for something to put on it to make it smoother, but not loosing contact ?

p.s. make sure it's not the jackplug on the back of the tailcap first...
Also try to clean the threading on the tailcap and host with contact cleaner spray, (i just did that now, and allot of black grey stuff comes off it..
 
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Hello Smeerworst, nice to meet You here again! :p

Yes, I mean the tailcap threading is not like it should be, and I'm looking for something to put on it to make it smoother, but not loosing contact!
The problem is the friction among the aluminum parts. At the beginning everything was fine, but after a couple of twists, I have the unpleasant esperience of rough, rustling and squeaky parts. I have tried either silicon grease (no appreciable results and bad electrical contact), quality white hand cream (bad electrical contacts, cream that gets quickly dirty), and teflon (no electrical contacts at all). Have You the same issues? How You have solved them?
 
Minamoto Kobayashi said:
Hello Smeerworst, nice to meet You here again! :p

Yes, I mean the tailcap threading is not like it should be, and I'm looking for something to put on it to make it smoother, but not loosing contact!
The problem is the friction among the aluminum parts. At the beginning everything was fine, but after a couple of twists, I have the unpleasant esperience of rough, rustling and squeaky parts. I have tried either silicon grease (no appreciable results and bad electrical contact), quality white hand cream (bad electrical contacts, cream that gets quickly dirty), and teflon (no electrical contacts at all). Have You the same issues? How You have solved them?
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Hi Minamato ^^
How are you..

No i don't have that problem at all..
i just (yes just now) cleaned my threads with Contact spray...
It's not really oil based that will stay there once sprayed on, but it is a good way to clean it first...

I'm using this stuff...

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First one is for cleaning the contacts. (wich i have)
Second one for washing the contacts. (wich i don't have)
Third is anti corotion lubricant for contacts. (wich i also don't have)

I don't know any possible cheaper methods.... (Not that the one mentioned above is expensive) as i didn't run into these problems before with lasers or flashlights.

Of course if the threading has damage, it will never be smooth..
CPU compound will not work sind's it's for transferring heat, Not Electrically Conductive.
Cheers.
 
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You need to get the threads rechased. If you have a machine shop in your area see if they can chase the threads for you. Its really the only option if you are having bad issues. Or you can return the tailcap to Laserglow for repair.
 
valve lapping compound should help. spread it on and when you thread the cap and it starts to get rough, work it on an off. this will clear and burrs or flattened threads. you can buy this in any decent auto parts store. then when its better just clean with alcohol.
 
If this laser is still within warranty we can replace the tailcap or the battery tube portion. If it's out of warranty, we can sell you a new tailcap, battery tube, or both, which would fix the problem with minimal cost. Please contact our sales and service department by emailing sales@laserglow.com.

For future reference, we fix slightly squeaky or tight threads by using a very minimal application of gun oil. (One drop.) It's a very light machine oil which will still maintain conductivity. If the threads themselves are damaged due to cross-threading, or somehow defective, then they will need to be replaced or re-machined. It's also possible that there's just a small burr. Have you tried simply de-burring the threads using a steel brush?
 
Yeah justin, I was just about to say laserglow has some hardcore customer service. Just shoot them an email and they will fix you up right.had some issues that sorted out itself with my aries and they got back fast and offered paid shipping return and stuff.
 
I would to thanks all the kindly users that has gave me the solutions!
First of all I used a very very fine polishing compound for car paint, twisted and untwisted some times the tail cap in order lo levigate the threads, carefully removed it, then cleaned the threads with a electrical contact cleaner, and finally coated over the threads some arm oil, as Justin suggested me. The results? Better than new !! :D
 
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