***Please take note of my edits, I think it best to edit the first post to avoid a long read through a long thread. I am also on a learning curve and my eyes aren't as young as they used to be. :green:***
I got my 2 HA Nat Mc clickies today from the shoppe and one was perfect from the get go, but my good buddy schlep-rock(Murphy's orphaned stepchild) goo-ed up the other.:laughing: It had momentary 100% of the time but only latched on 1 out of damn near exactly 5 times.:thinking:
No problem though as I have been inside another clickie mechanism more times than I'd like, so in I went.
I don't suggest anyone do this.
The Mc clickie is very easy to open, just take a precision flathead screwdriver and pry the retaining ring off rotating the switch, taking care as you do. (see pic below)
EDIT: it is not really a retaining ring but the negative contact, it does however aid in separating the 2 switch housing halves seen in pic #2 (the first and last pieces).
When I first opened it I noticed quite a bit of somewhat thick grease inside the button (5th part from the left) which may have been causing the 4th part from the left to not make contact between the contact washer and the positive tab on the 1rst part on the left. (see above pic)I removed the grease, reassembled and all seemed fine until I decided to disassemble it for this write up.
EDIT: Although the grease was thick and quite possibly caused a suction effect, I now think the problem was more of an alignment issue between the tab in part 1 above, the tab in part 3 above and the contact/circuit completion washer on part 4 above. A combination of bending the tab on part 1 up a wee bit and the tab on part 3 down a wee bit, allowed straighter (not so crooked) alignment with the contact/circuit completion washer on part #4.
I apologize if this is confusing.
Then it was mildly intermittent, so I bent the positive tab (see pic below) up a hair, reassembled and it is working flawlessly now.
If I still at some point experience any minor problems, I may try removing the small screw from the 4th part from the left and stretching the spring that sits under the contact washer. (see pic below)
Edit: the small screw mentioned above may in fact not be a screw at all rather part of the piece with the contact washer.
I don't claim that any of my methods are right, but I will share what I try and what seems to work for me.
Now to my overall assessment of the Mc clickie/tail cap.
The tail cap design is very attractive, the finish is flawless with a bit of a gloss.
It tail stands nicely, and has a quarter twist lock out.:goodjob:
The switch module is a steal for the money and if in the rare event you need to replace it, shell out less than 10 bucks and screw the new module right in!:rock:
I got my 2 HA Nat Mc clickies today from the shoppe and one was perfect from the get go, but my good buddy schlep-rock(Murphy's orphaned stepchild) goo-ed up the other.:laughing: It had momentary 100% of the time but only latched on 1 out of damn near exactly 5 times.:thinking:
No problem though as I have been inside another clickie mechanism more times than I'd like, so in I went.
I don't suggest anyone do this.
The Mc clickie is very easy to open, just take a precision flathead screwdriver and pry the retaining ring off rotating the switch, taking care as you do. (see pic below)
EDIT: it is not really a retaining ring but the negative contact, it does however aid in separating the 2 switch housing halves seen in pic #2 (the first and last pieces).
When I first opened it I noticed quite a bit of somewhat thick grease inside the button (5th part from the left) which may have been causing the 4th part from the left to not make contact between the contact washer and the positive tab on the 1rst part on the left. (see above pic)I removed the grease, reassembled and all seemed fine until I decided to disassemble it for this write up.
EDIT: Although the grease was thick and quite possibly caused a suction effect, I now think the problem was more of an alignment issue between the tab in part 1 above, the tab in part 3 above and the contact/circuit completion washer on part 4 above. A combination of bending the tab on part 1 up a wee bit and the tab on part 3 down a wee bit, allowed straighter (not so crooked) alignment with the contact/circuit completion washer on part #4.
I apologize if this is confusing.
Then it was mildly intermittent, so I bent the positive tab (see pic below) up a hair, reassembled and it is working flawlessly now.
If I still at some point experience any minor problems, I may try removing the small screw from the 4th part from the left and stretching the spring that sits under the contact washer. (see pic below)
Edit: the small screw mentioned above may in fact not be a screw at all rather part of the piece with the contact washer.
I don't claim that any of my methods are right, but I will share what I try and what seems to work for me.
Now to my overall assessment of the Mc clickie/tail cap.
The tail cap design is very attractive, the finish is flawless with a bit of a gloss.
It tail stands nicely, and has a quarter twist lock out.:goodjob:
The switch module is a steal for the money and if in the rare event you need to replace it, shell out less than 10 bucks and screw the new module right in!:rock:
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