The Tempest by Mad Heaters & Phatpiggie

[Gonchin]

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hello, can someone help me out? i’m trying to unscrew to change the cap airflow but im literally stripping it, just won’t budge. tried both directions just in case, went left to right first ofc

Are you using an actual screwdriver with a handle? If not find a jeweler screwdriver set first and try that. It will loosen counterclockwise.

If that does not help, try heating the tip. The heat may expand the hole enough to break it loose.

 

[Darkiori]

Thats really nutty. Ive never had a problem changing balls on the V1. Sure the first ball swap was i was thinking "I hope I dont fuck this up!" The whole time.

Failure definitely was an option that day, lol. Ive tried using the tool that comes in the V1 leather case to unscrew the ball retaining screen on the V2. I messed around for 30 minutes yesterday and the day before trying to unscrew it, unsuccessfully.

The only thing I was successful in was chipping the outer coating on the MH tool. Lol. It was starting to flake off into the V2 head and I thought to myself, yeah, better grab a small flat head for this.
I dont want to vape on metal flakes as well as break a retaining screen and MH tool.
I've given it everything I got, but it would only turn maybe a quarter turn, if that, before the tool would slip out of the ball retaining screen and chip off more metal from the tool. I made sure to give the balls a good smack to make sure the balls were out of the way. No dice.


Im going to attempt to hunt down to correct tool for the job today. If not, order one because I cant stand the V2 looking at me like, thats all you got?? HAH!
My V2 feels like its in the The Sword In The Stone and the ball retaining screen is the sword.

From my experience, I could remove ball retaining screen the moment I removed the back screw (the one getting the housing together).
It had too much pressure on the balls, removing the back screw helped quite a lot

 

[Caliban]

@BearFuur Have you tried using the screwdriver / debowler tool that comes in the Reload 2? I find that works perfectly for doing the ball screen.