I started compiling some of your guy's advice into post #2 but (I'm guessing) because I started this thread with a simple post editor I can't go back and use the advanced when I go to edit it. Luckily I was able to save it as a word doc but I really wanted the text color option or something besides bullet points to get it organized. I'll figure it out somehow.....
Hah! Thanks! I had gone into my account and changed it for topics and comments but I didn't realize you could change it with input format! I probably clicked that when I first started but didn't really want the advanced editor and then totally forgot it was there. I'm pretty new to forums......:) Thanks again!
FWIW, you can also just add some HTML and/or CSS to your posts when you need extra formatting. It works, and that’s what the advanced editor does. It also makes quoting easier for the rest of us, since it won’t have gratuitous symbols and <span style=“foo”> tags and redundant attributes everywhere getting in the way of the text.
For example, if I quote 1dash1’s post above… it looks like this:
Heat the part with female threads and cool the part with the male threads. People have also wrapped in tape and gently used pliers. Or also used penetrating oil leaving the light on it's head so it doesn't get in the driver.
The head and pill should unscrew from the battery tube as a unit if they’re stuck together so yes, just run it on turbo until it’s pretty warm but you can still grab it to unscrew then immediately stick the pill end on an ice cube for 5-10 seconds. A wide rubber band doubled over a few times on each piece might help with grip.
I got i open, and it was so easy when I used all the tricks together.
First i heated it by running it in turbo a few times without holding it to get it extra hot, and while it ran I took some ice cubes and crushed them to a slush. Then i quickly removed the searingly hot head and put it head down in the ice slush for ~10 seconds. and then i used a silicon oven liner for extra grip and finally I got it open easy
The threads where super gritty, but now i can at least make this anodized BLF A6 in to the triple it was always meant to be.
I usually go with a teflon-based (PTFE) grease… though I’ve been lazy about it lately and have like a dozen lights I haven’t properly cleaned and lubed yet.