Quote Originally Posted by andressergio View Post
yes mate i did it yesterday on one port bitspower true silver fits even better than the ones that come with the block that feel a bit "loose"...on the second port 2 turns and get stuck bad...tried dtek and none goes on 2 ports...tried DD and same as bitspower so thereīs definetely a problem with the block...i also bough the res ver 2 that i didnt tried the barbs yet...this for me is a hell as i live in south america cant return any products so im asking gabe or michelle to send me a spair pair of those barbs that comes with the XT block as any problems with them i have to wait a month or more

Hope this clear out for you and hope that swiftech send me those barbs i will be building the rig next month so i can wait but i dont wanna build without a backup spare parts.

Cheers
Sergio
Thanks for confirming. I think that there may be a problem with the tapping process. My MCRES MICRO had the exact same problem you are describing. One port worked fine, the other the barb would get stuck about 2/3 of the way in. No matter which barb I tried it was the same problem (BP silver or BP black sparkle). I had to push the barb to the right quite hard and for some reason this did the trick to get it to keep threading in (before somebody says that I was screwing it in incorrectly, no I was not, I made sure that was eliminated on the first go at it). However, until it caught the later threads it had the "loose" feeling to it despite being 2/3 screwed in already. I will have to repeat the process with my upcoming rotary 45s, so we will see how that will go. Either way, I think it is a tapping problem.