Dissassembly of L1/A2 tailcap?

cy

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1. unscrew plastic retaining ring
2. remove boot
3. pull plastic button top straight out. this will release assembly
4. carefully disassemble assembly
 

akula88

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Cy,
Would you mean the top plastic retaining ring? I tried to unwind it 'counterclockwise', but very tight. Is it being retained by some adhesive?
Thanks.
 

cy

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yes, need to use circlip removal tool. mine came right off, but Don had it off modding the resistor.

my other L1 locking ring is pretty tight. I'm spoiled by having a collet set to hold tailcap w/o scratching.

you can make one by drilling a hole slightly smaller than tail into two pieces of wood. to form a custom tailcap holder.
 
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