Does anyone else have a problem with the torch connect pins sticking ? This throws an E04 code on my Everlast. I assume that the Sterling cool additive in the water is splashing and drying in the spring housing. I have to work these loose every now and again even spray with ether to clean them up. I have one stuck now but there has to be a better way. Any ideas?
First you never take the torch head apart. The odds are it may not work after you put it back together.
A little silicon grease on the pins and torch plunger helps to keep this from happening.
I see green corrosion forming on the brass of the torch head this is what is happening to the brass pins and binding them up.
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It’s worth a try. I would coat it with some silicone grease to help keep the water out.
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I don’t mean to post-jack/Dr. Frankenstein this thing, but I figured it beat sending a PM…
Can anybody (@mechanic416 maybe) elaborate on the cleaning and lubing procedure for these torches? Since there’s plastic in there, I’m not sure what I can safely use to clean the torch head, or where I want to direct cleaner. And is it just the tip of the torch that gets silicone lube, or should I try to work it in somewhere!?
I suspect I may have a bad torch head, but would like to attempt to work on it first…
First you remove all the consumables. Then you turn on the plasma cutter and use the air set to blow out the torch head. )If you are using a Everlast you need to in stall the retaining cup) so air will flow. Then you install the electrode, use silicone grease or silicone spray and lube the plunger (the part the electrode screws into) and work the electrode in and out say 10 or so times. There are 3 little air holes just below the threads you can push the electrode up and put a little silicone grease or spray in each one and move the electrode in and a few more times. Then use the air set to blow any extra lube out before installing the rest of the consumables. This should take care of cleaning and lubing the torch head.
Note: Never use a petroleum products on your torch head it will cause damage to the o-rings.
I use a syringe with liquid silicone.
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