 Poster: A snowHead
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On my ski trip last week I noticed that the on/off switch on my Tracker 2 seemed to be quite firm/hard to turn on and off. I cant recall it ever being that hard before, but then I don't recall ever paying that much attention to it (so I'm assuming it was easier)
For those that have Tracker 2's how hard are your's to turn on - an easy twist or does it require a bit of a proper twist - if that makes sense!
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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They are pretty firm, a good thing in my eyes unless you have arthritis........
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mine's easy enough to turn, but not so easy that you could knock it accidentally. I wouldn’t have said it was stiff though.
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@BMG, that happened with mine, it got to a stage where I had to use pliers to turn it off at the end of the day. A tiny squirt of wd40 and it was back to normal again.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Our two are both pretty stiff. No way you're turning them off or on by accident as they need some fairly serious torque.
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Thanks for the replies. Sounds like its fairly normal for the switch to be tight. Interestingly, I emailed BCA about it and they said that the switches are replaceable and offered to send me a new one - although I did email the Head Office in the US so doubt they will send it to me in the UK.
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The nice folk at the UK Distributors sent me out a new switch that arrived today. Took two seconds to replace and it feels a million times better. The old switch, now that its off the unit feels ok, so maybe it just got sticky in the grove that the switch runs in. Anyway....its good as new now!
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fwiw, i had to get a T2 replaced a few years ago as the switch broke... iirc it was quite stiff beforehand. my other T2, nearly 8 years old now, is fine.
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My bro had the switch fall off his T 1 forst time he used it. To be fair he had used it to smash a couple of his ribs at the same time....
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