The company that makes PBN2 tanks, needs a lawsuit

[Hexis]

Nothing. Regulators should be tightened to a specific torque and not thread locked on. Putting a thread locker on can clog the saftey release hole in the threads, and if that was true in this case we would be reading a story of a small rocket, not an annoyed player.

[deathstalker]

most people in this thread keep saying don't use loctite on your reg... well, my question is.. what are we supposed to use?


~PG

Torque

[scrumpy]

Is there an easy way to figure out how much torque I need to get my reg on with, or should I just drive to the local shop?

[WenULiVeUdiE]

Take it to your shop just to be safe.

[manike]

That poping sound and air rushing was the saftey hole in the threads. It did it's job perfectly, it stopped you from completly removing the regulator from the tank.

Absolutely it did it's job perfectly.

Also had the tank been full you wouldn't have been able to unscrew the reg from the tank.

At the point the force is low enough to unscrew the reg from the tank, the actual pressure left isn't dangerous and will exit via the bleed hole or the threads before you can fully remove the tank.

You don't need to torque your reg on! Don't!

Just screw it hand tight and then fill it and you should be fine.

[brtncstm160]

That happened to my pbn2 tank when i got it for free in a deal off pbgear. I didnt have mine full of air at the time, but i was fortunate to be in the presence of a gun tech so he fixed it right up, he said he put like 75 pounds of tourque or sumtin like that, whatever. I dont have that tank anymore anyways, it sucked.

JJ

[scrumpy]

it's not so much the tank that sucks, it's the regulator. It leaks out of every hole...

[tony3]

Yeah, my maxflo is only screwed on hand tight and it works great. Just screw it on as tight as you can, and youll be fine.

[scrumpy]

Ok, I've heard it enough times to be slightly more secure about it. I'll put 'er on as tight as I can untill I buy a new tank. But if I die...I'm going to be pissed

[ScatterPlot]

Had it been a crummy tank it wouldn't have vented like it did. Better be glad it did that. I have had absolutely no trouble with my tanks hand tightened at all. The pressure should keep it on there pretty stinkin good.

[scrumpy]

Ok, I'd like to apologize to PBN2 for criticizing their tanks, but only because they saved my life... You're safety features are well thought out and work well. Other than that, you're regulators leak all of the time and you're guages are innaccurate.

[Automaggin2]

It happened to me twice, with 2 different tanks. No biggie really. If it was full, there would probably be to much pressure for you to even move the reg.

[SpecialBlend2786]

happened with my nitroduck. Everything still works fine

Oh yeah, and congrats on still being alive

[Enemy]

happened on my pmi tank i didnt realize it had set screws!!! anyways always torque stuff when you can and to the specified torque would you want your tires put on hand tight and to hear the tech say the pressure from the car on the threads will keep your tire on!!! but maybe im just paranoid from working on cars tomuch.

[RingOfScale]

like people were saying above, doesnt higher pressure prevent a tank from being unscrewed ? aka if it was at like 1000 PSI u couldnt have taken it off ...

my posts always feel insignificant , caus people always say stuff before me that i wanted to say *sigh *