The groove for the retaining pin was not deep enough on one whip and on the wrong side of the whip on the other.
The connector on one whip would not fully make contact, when wiggled, even when It was taped in place. I used dielectric grease to fix it.
After deepening the pin groove of one whip and filing a groove in the other, I still had to put electric tape around the shafts where they slide into the bases to keep them tight enough to not flex around the retaining pin.
The other two issues were condensation inside one of the tubes and the receivers being visibly different.
I’m not sure if it is the cause, but both whips start flashing at different speeds when the flash button is pressed. Also, one of the whips will not go as slow as the other when set on fade.
All that being said, we went on a night ride tonight and couldn’t go back to not having lighted whips!
