How do I get these batteries out of my A2?

[Alin10123]

Too bad about the counter. That might actually cost more to fix than the Surefire is worth.

LOL i was thinking the same thing!
but oh well... he probably thinks the SF is more important. lol

 

[FiftyCalAl]

Old school stuff. I think folks are close, but mix it up. Freeze the thing overnight (everything shrinks), run under *hot* water long enough to get the torch gutenhot (torch expands, battery still cold and shrunk). Do the wrist flick thing. If that doesn't do it...

Then as batteries can sometimes do, it has most likely swelled. A gob of JB weld with a paper clip on the end just might do the trick. I've seen people extract bolts that have had their heads shear off simply by JB welding another bolt to the broken one.



Good luck.

Exactly what he said and in that very order. If centrifugal force does not work (wrist sling) I would skip the unlikely success of freezing/warming and go straight to......JB WELD will do it, just be carful to place epoxy on the head of a 10 penny (large) nail and then insert onto first battery, then pull out when weld has set; if the second remains stuck, repat process with another nail and JB WEKD