Reg screw problem

quick.spyder · 05-02-2007, 12:53 AM

I can't get one of the input screws out of my Torpedo reg. I've already taken out the other input screw, but this one won't budge at all. Am I supposed to take the whole thing apart or what?

BigOldSkool · 05-02-2007, 02:48 PM

FYI.. the other "input" hole isnt one... ITs an output for a gauge or what ever else... if you put your air line into that you will direct full tank presure into your gun.

quick.spyder · 05-02-2007, 07:15 PM

I know that one of them is a gauge port and the other is an input. I'll have an LPR on the gauge port, so it won't be a big deal. Thanks for the info though.

quick.spyder · 05-05-2007, 03:43 PM

I still can't get it. I tried WD-40ing around the screw to loosen it up but it won't budge at all. Am I missing something here?

SpyyMarket1978 · 05-05-2007, 04:38 PM

If it's loctited into place, you'll most likely have to heat it up with a torch to weaken the loctite. Either that or stick it into a vice and muscle it out.

Be very careful if you're going to heat it up. Make sure to take all of the internals out and go slow and carefully.

quick.spyder · 05-06-2007, 12:16 PM

Ok. I've never taken that screw out. I bought it bnib, so does the company loctite the screws?

Deus Machina · 05-06-2007, 01:52 PM

Most do, IIRC.

If you can get the internals out, you might try boiling it if you're not comfortable torching it.

eric · 05-06-2007, 02:18 PM

ive got the same problem and ive took the torch to it but its still in there

im thinking someone got loctite crazy over at the factory

Deus Machina · 05-06-2007, 02:27 PM

I've always just put them in a vice with padded jaws, slipped a pipe over the long end of a hex key and yanked.

At least with PB gear, I've yet to find one loctited badly enough to bring the threads out with it.

quick.spyder · 05-11-2007, 12:21 AM

I'll probably end up torchin it. Thanks, guys.

05-02-2007, 12:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
quick.spyder Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Greenville, NC	Reg screw problem I can't get one of the input screws out of my Torpedo reg. I've already taken out the other input screw, but this one won't budge at all. Am I supposed to take the whole thing apart or what?

05-02-2007, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
BigOldSkool MCB Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deer Park, NY	FYI.. the other "input" hole isnt one... ITs an output for a gauge or what ever else... if you put your air line into that you will direct full tank presure into your gun. __________________ RIP - Ed "BigDaddy" Roth and "Indian" Larry "Reading APG does not make you an airtech" http://www.myspace.com/eastcoastanarchypaintball

05-06-2007, 02:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
eric MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Port Colborne,ON	ive got the same problem and ive took the torch to it but its still in there im thinking someone got loctite crazy over at the factory __________________ pbnation: A web site where, on any given evening, one may find approximately 500 paintball enthusiasts discussing the sport, and 1500 teenagers calling each other gay.

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05-02-2007, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
quick.spyder Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Greenville, NC	I know that one of them is a gauge port and the other is an input. I'll have an LPR on the gauge port, so it won't be a big deal. Thanks for the info though.

05-05-2007, 03:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
quick.spyder Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Greenville, NC	I still can't get it. I tried WD-40ing around the screw to loosen it up but it won't budge at all. Am I missing something here?

05-05-2007, 04:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
SpyyMarket1978 MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area California	If it's loctited into place, you'll most likely have to heat it up with a torch to weaken the loctite. Either that or stick it into a vice and muscle it out. Be very careful if you're going to heat it up. Make sure to take all of the internals out and go slow and carefully.

05-06-2007, 12:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
quick.spyder Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Greenville, NC	Ok. I've never taken that screw out. I bought it bnib, so does the company loctite the screws?

05-11-2007, 12:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
quick.spyder Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Greenville, NC	I'll probably end up torchin it. Thanks, guys.