Bottom twist lock not locking tight

[Digger 45]

With the twist lock as tight as i can get it, it still has a little bit of play, any trick to make the lock tighten up? I have tried a little bit of black tape but not the best. This is the bottom lock next to the coil, the top lock tightens up fine.

 

[jas415]

What would happen if a person could put an 'o-ring' inside the locking mechanism? An o-ring the same size of the lower shaft, or very minutely smaller, and very small/thin in diameter. Could vary the thickness of the o-ring to vary the tightness.

Just thinking.

 

[lytle78]

What would happen if Minelab stepped up and redesigned and replaced all the shafts - the design is failure-prone.

 

[coin-star]

I did one non-overlapping wrap of electrical tape on the shaft where the twist lock will end up tightening down. Mine had a little play in both twist locks.

Mine is now tight with no movement. I mostly hunt in dirt, so I can't say how long this will last if you are hunting in water.

CS

 

[Hotrod65]

As noted in a different post my Nox suffered severe wear on the button hole in the lower shaft where the button pops out, this was due to the cam lock not getting or staying tight. My son has a Nox as well and now his is doing the exact same thing. I have cleaned the cam lock thoroughly and cranked on it and the lower shaft simply twists back and forth about 1/4 inch each way. So to keep the shaft from wearing out any further like mine did I used Gorilla tape wrapped tightly around the lower shaft, over the cam lock and middle shaft to stop the twisting. But this sucks having to do this. I tried the electrical tape idea noted above and it did work for a short period then it just bunched up under the cam lock and started twisting again. Has anyone figured out a way to get these cam locks tight? I have no idea how to take them off the middle shaft either, looks like they are permanently attached. Very disappointed in the quality of the shaft. There is certainly no new technology in the shaft design so how did they screw this up? Find it hard to believe the testers did not experience this issue.

 

[Tony in kc]

I totally agree , we should not have to be correcting there mistakes

 

[Shakydigger]

Plugger is advertising a shaft lock on eBay for the Equinox. I think it was thirteen or fourteen dollars and required that you cut the shaft off above the lower twist lock.

 

[Hotrod65]

I was at a photography shop today and was looking at carbon fiber tripods as I was curious as to whether one could be cannibalized and converted as a detector shaft. They have so much better design on the leg locking system and how compact they get. They are very strong and the cam lock is tight.....and guess what several models had triangular shafts, they would never twist! Minelab could learn a lot if they took a look at carbon tripods. Unfortunately I could not find anything with the right size for the lower rod to slide in and they are quite expensive, albeit you get 3 legs (shafts).

 

[Shakydigger]

You can find carbon tube suppliers by searching on the net, but for a few more dollars you could just purchase the plugger shaft and skip the extra work.

 

[Hotrod65]

Looking at 2 different brands now, bummer you have to replace something as simple as the shaft on a machine that is only a few months old. My 15 year old Whites never had a shaft issue....