While admiring our GTs shortly after unboxing, my friend wondered how the tailcap and its spinning lanyard ring worked. I don’t recall seeing photos of it disassembled.
As I mentioned earlier, mine was much more difficult to turn than my friend’s. It certainly was not ‘twirlable’ like the prototype in VOB’s video.
Click play to watch the section of Matt’s video that shows the tailcap lanyard ring.
1,290,000 CD Flashlight, Budget Light Forum Giga-Thrower! - YouTube got the best of me today, and I decided to find out how the tailcap was constructed, and why mine was hard to spin.
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The sticker inside the tailcap hides four blind holes. The scratches are my fault.
I used my small needle nose pliers to loosen the inner piece. It’s reverse threaded.
The tailcap is made of three parts and two o-rings.
The large piece has an o-ring that the spinning ring slides along.
The o-ring was not seated properly in the groove and was partially pinched. I had removed and reinstalled it before these photos.
I removed both o-rings, lubricated them, and reinstalled them.
After reassembling the tailcap, my lanyard ring spins much easier. I think it has just the right amount of resistance.
I reinstalled the sticker inside the tailcap to help protect the anodizing and to further insulate the rear carrier.