LightChucker
Enlightened
I love the performance of my L4, but the little specks of dust on the reflector bothered me. No, I couldn't see any effect in the beam - it just annoyed me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
So, I removed the lens retainer and did a thorough cleaning. Now it's all clean, and no specks of dust in there.
The retainer had obviously been thread-locked in place, but it gave under the pressure of two rubber strap wrenches. It was interesting to me that the lens is sandwiched between two very thin, rubber-like gaskets. Before reassembling the light, I scraped the thread locking compound from both threads using a scratch awl from a tri-square. Then, I applied a thin coat of lube, and gently hand-tightened everything together again.
Chuck /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So, I removed the lens retainer and did a thorough cleaning. Now it's all clean, and no specks of dust in there.
The retainer had obviously been thread-locked in place, but it gave under the pressure of two rubber strap wrenches. It was interesting to me that the lens is sandwiched between two very thin, rubber-like gaskets. Before reassembling the light, I scraped the thread locking compound from both threads using a scratch awl from a tri-square. Then, I applied a thin coat of lube, and gently hand-tightened everything together again.
Chuck /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif