INDEX: Solving Common Flashlight Problems

[EngrPaul]

Help! My XXXX won't YYYY anymore!

Post links to the best helpful threads,. I'll update this index as I get suggestions in this thread.

The most thorough/understandable walk-throughs will get the spot in the index. Pictures help! I'll start with any post that covers a topic, and replace that link with any improved version. So if you bump into something helpful, let me know and don't be offended if it later falls off the list.

Please keep "thank you" or "good idea!" posts to a minimum, looking for maximum content and minimum noise...

===GENERAL ISSUES FOR ALL FLASHLIGHTS===

♦ Battery/Cell

♦ Contacts and Terminals
Adding polarity protection with a plastic washer
Reducing solid height of a spiral spring

♦ Switch and Tailcap

♦ Structural

♦ Cleaning and Lubricating
Lubrication of threads & O-rings

♦ Essential Tools and Supplies

===SPECIFIC ISSUES WITH PARTICULAR MODELS===

Arc...

Fenix

♦ Nitecore
[PD Models] Doesn't work or button hard to push with rechargeables

♦ SureFire
[U2] Disassembled Tailcap
[Z57] Tailcap assembly


ChinaFire

...Zebralight

 

[DM51]

Very good idea! Let's have a few contributions and suggestions here, and it will become a very useful reference thread.

 

[sORe-EyEz]

adding a list of holster options would be nice...

 

[Lighthouse one]

I don't know how to get rid of the post......

 

[Monocrom]

An excellent idea for a topic! :twothumbs

 

[DM51]

I think to clarify, we are looking for links only to be posted, rather than full solutions to problems. So if a member has had a problem and it has been solved, we're looking for the link to the thread containing the solution.

 

[SureAddicted]

Disassembled SureFire U2 tailcap, post 35
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=182512&page=2

Disassemble and reassemble of the SureFire Z57, post 17.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=208574

I hope that helps, great idea with the thread EngrPaul.