xzel87
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hey guys, quick background on my situation:-
So I took apart my Lumintop Tool yesterday and cleaned all the threads of the previous lube (was using NiteCore silicone lube before). so I took out the oring with a tweezer, being careful not to damage it, cleaned it then rolled it between thumb and forefinger with some superlube. Then I placed them back using my thumb as leverage while slightly stretching them to get it back into the groove. So basically a straightforward cleaning.
Today I noticed that on both oring there are some marks, like very slight cuts and nicks , the oring is still whole, not split or broken.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qe6gaszmv38tcdu/IMAG2773.jpg?dl=0
and my questions:-
Any ideas how this happened?, I did happen to tighten it a bit hard a few times after the above cleaning job so I'm not sure whether that was the cause.
Also, should I just replace the seals with the spares or is it still serviceable as it is...reason im hesitating is because I don't know where to get more spares just in case the included ones are used up.
In addition, was planning to clean my other lights, obviously on hold now until I figure out what went wrong. I'm pretty sure it's not due to lube compatibility since superlube is basically ok with almost anything aside from natural rubber, which I'm pretty sure those are not what oring are made of nowadays (is it?).
So I took apart my Lumintop Tool yesterday and cleaned all the threads of the previous lube (was using NiteCore silicone lube before). so I took out the oring with a tweezer, being careful not to damage it, cleaned it then rolled it between thumb and forefinger with some superlube. Then I placed them back using my thumb as leverage while slightly stretching them to get it back into the groove. So basically a straightforward cleaning.
Today I noticed that on both oring there are some marks, like very slight cuts and nicks , the oring is still whole, not split or broken.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qe6gaszmv38tcdu/IMAG2773.jpg?dl=0
and my questions:-
Any ideas how this happened?, I did happen to tighten it a bit hard a few times after the above cleaning job so I'm not sure whether that was the cause.
Also, should I just replace the seals with the spares or is it still serviceable as it is...reason im hesitating is because I don't know where to get more spares just in case the included ones are used up.
In addition, was planning to clean my other lights, obviously on hold now until I figure out what went wrong. I'm pretty sure it's not due to lube compatibility since superlube is basically ok with almost anything aside from natural rubber, which I'm pretty sure those are not what oring are made of nowadays (is it?).
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