Replacing the optic in the FW3A isn’t hard. Simply unscrew and remove the bezel. The lens comes with it. The optic is then revealed on top of the star.
The only difficult part is that the top edge of the optic lines up with the top of the head. You’ll need a tool of some kind to reach under the edge of the optic to lever it up. I use a tool that looks similar to a dental pick for this. Just lever it up and work your way around the edges. The optic should come right out.
This is true, they usually fall right out but what I’m saying is my one was fairly well stuck into the MCPCB.
Just be wary of that as it will not be the only one like that.
I have changed a few in my time
The Carclo triple in my Jaxman E2L was stuck so hard that I had to resort to pliers. Believe it or not I didn’t break the optic… So yeah, these things can be hard to remove.
One of mine wanted to stick, and I think it was caused by flux in places where it’s not supposed to be. So it may be a good idea to clean the MCPCB if you open it up… or at least check to see if it’s clean.
Thanks, I was looking for some time last night for some tritium bits, but that is the nearest thing I could find other than plain vials. Shame they don’t do different sizes…… to be honest I was trying to find disks (like thin marker dots) but with no luck.
As it goes they have some pretty funky stuff in their shop, some of that carbon material is lovely!