Zlide tank help need please!

[Karen Nichols]

I’ve been searching here for ages looking for a relevant thread but haven’t found one, so... a few months ago I switched to zlide tanks and for me they’re great. But I dropped it earlier. The glass is fine but the tank’s kind of come apart and I can’t put it back together. I’m sure there’s a simple way of doing it but I haven’t found it yet and it’s driving me INSANE! Anyone please?

 

[Topwater Elvis]

A quick intro video that shows disassembly / glass replacement may give a clue to get yours back together.



Without pics of yours kinda difficult to give advice or direction.

If something broke, it's broke.

 

[Katya]

We have a Zenith thread, which also covers the Zlide:

Innokin Zenith MTL tank--Phil Busardo

 

[Karen Nichols]

Hi, thanks so much for replying. Hopefully these pics will help. I’m certain that the coil is situated correctly and the base and black ring are seated together as they should be but the base just spins and won’t screw on. It’s not as if it’s fallen onto concrete - just from the bed onto carpet. I can’t work out what’s wrong

 

[Karen Nichols]

We have a Zenith thread, which also covers the Zlide:

Innokin Zenith MTL tank--Phil Busardo

Ah ok, thank you. How did I miss that?

 

[Katya]

I’m certain that the coil is situated correctly and the base and black ring are seated together as they should be but the base just spins and won’t screw on.

It looks normal to me. Maybe the outside air control ring on the bottom is loose and spinning? Have you tried taking it off? See if the base (inside part) will screw onto the threads correctly and then try adding the AF ring.

 

[Karen Nichols]

Yeah I tried that. With/without ring, with/without coil and every combination thereof. I’ve tried just screwing it on, pushing down while screwing it on... it’s just not making any sense to me at all!

 

[Katya]

Yeah I tried that. With/without ring, with/without coil and every combination thereof. I’ve tried just screwing it on, pushing down while screwing it on... it’s just not making any sense to me at all!

Neither to me. So the threads are not engaging at all? I don't get it.

 

[Katya]

I see there's juice in the tank. The only thing I would do is to empty the tank and take it apart, clean all parts and try to put it together piece by piece. Sorry I can't be of more help.

 

[Karen Nichols]

Neither to me. So the threads are not engaging at all? I don't get it.

Thanks Katya. At least now I know that it’s not something that I’m doing wrong! I think that my only option now is take it all to bits, wash it and put it back together again. Something in there is out of alignment, obviously. Thank god I bought 2 tanks!

 

[Hawise]

Thank god I bought 2 tanks!

Wise decision. Backups are vital in vaping. And it doesn't hurt to have backups for your backups.

 

[rosesense]

Check to see if the oring got out of place and is blocking somewhere. I had that happen on a zenith tank once.

 

[Karen Nichols]

Wise decision. Backups are vital in vaping. And it doesn't hurt to have backups for your backups.

I agree - it’s not as though you can buy a new tank in every corner shop in the same way you can buy cigarettes! I do also have a couple of (lousy, messy and leaky) Kangertech tanks but I don’t want to use them again if I can help it, even in an emergency

 

[Karen Nichols]

Check to see if the oring got out of place

I will, thank you. I’m going to take it all to bits and check everything later today but I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that in doing that, I’ll fix it - and probably never know what was wrong

 

[Karen Nichols]

Update: I took the tank to bits and washed it but when I tried once more to put it back together, I got the same result as I did before - the damn thing just spins and won’t tighten. So I ordered a new tank and it arrived this morning. I thought that the new tank might help me to diagnose the problem with the old one, so I took the bottom off the new tank and put it on the old one and vice-versa - and they both went on perfectly! Took them off again and put the old bottom with the old tank AND IT SPINS AGAIN!!? How can that even be??? And WHY did I buy the gunmetal one? If I’d have bought black, I could have just swapped them over and left them swapped. These are not real questions, I’m just venting my frustrations and disbelief. I honestly cannot believe what I’m seeing.

Am I on Candid Camera? ‍

 

[Katya]

I thought that the new tank might help me to diagnose the problem with the old one, so I took the bottom off the new tank and put it on the old one and vice-versa - and they both went on perfectly! Took them off again and put the old bottom with the old tank AND IT SPINS AGAIN!!? How can that even be???

They are under warranty, I presume? Contact your vendor and explain your dilemma. I think they owe you a new tank. This is just too weird--I think your tank is defective. Good luck!

 

[Tabac man]

It looks to me like your coil needs to be turned 90 degrees so it drops into the slot.

 

[Horselady154]

It looks to me like your coil needs to be turned 90 degrees so it drops into the slot.

Yeah, I was actually going to say the same thing, but then he said he tried doing it without the coil. So, I dunno.

 

[Karen Nichols]

They are under warranty, I presume?

The warranty is 90 days and this happened a couple of weeks after it expired ‍

 

[Karen Nichols]

It looks to me like your coil needs to be turned 90 degrees so it drops into the slot.

Hi Tabac man and Horselady154 thanks for your input but it looks pretty well seated to me, unless I’m missing something?