having trouble disassembling Pelican M6 switch

[r2]

I finally got my Pelican M6 and a clickie conversion kit from flashlightlens.com. In trying to install the clickie kit, I can't seem to get the tailswitch apart.

I have needlenose pliars which I used to remove the black plastic bit and then the brass button with the spring attached. No problems so far. In the description on flashlightreviews.com, Quickbeam indicates that another piece should fall out which looks like a plastic washer. On mine, this piece doesn't want to come out. It's seated firmly and there's nothing to get ahold of. Any suggestions?

- Russ

 

[McGizmo]

With the switch up, rap the cap on a desk top or counter top and theisolating disk *should* drop out.

- Don

 

[r2]

I've tried that with no luck. It seems to be in there fairly securly.

I've tried using a tiny screwdriver to get between the disk and the brass post in the middle to pry it out. The result has been chipping the disk quite a bit but nothing more. Now I can kind of grab the disk with needlenose pliars and tug on it but I can't get enough of a grip to pull too hard. A little pit of the isolating disk breaks off instead.

Did I just get a tight fitting one, or have they started glueing them in place? I may just keep chipping at it until I uncover the holes in the brass disc underneath so I can unscrew it and bring the isolating ring with it.

- Russ

 

[McGizmo]

Russ,

Who knows? I have only taken one switch apart so far and I was able to knock mine out. Unless you think you might want to go back to the original switch, I think it's time to show that dumb disk who's boss! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

- Don

 

[r2]

Victory at last!!

I'm currently suffering from an acute lack of tools, so this was a really painful process (I had to go out and buy needle nosed pliars to start with). I managed to chip away the isolating disc slowly but surely and finally got it out (in small pieces). There was still glue left in the threads so the brass bit didn't want to come out. Some more work and running a small screwdriver head along the threads helped me to find the offending chunks of glue. Then there was a bit of threading that was gummed up from all the other fiddling around I'd been doing, and that tool some more time to isolate and fix (again with a small screwdriver). In the end I finally got the @#$* think apart.

My clickie is now in place and works beautifully. My tailcap has a few character marks that it didn't come with, but nothing too serious. This morning I nearly posted to try to buy another tailcap from someone that was buying a Z49 instead of converting the Pelican tailcap, but I'm glad I gave it one more shot first.

- Russ