Has anybody had this happen to them?

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As I am not familiar with the Aztek airbrushes I can't help you and you will have to wait for an Aztek knwoledgeable person that can help you out.

ArmorMaster;
You must be cursed I have never had this problem in all the years that I have used ana Aztek airbrush.

ArmorMaster, by what you described the problem is probably the trigger mechanism seperating from the actuating/roller arm.

Inside your Aztek the trigger connects to this roller ass'y, the top section of which goes further toward the rear of the brush and presses on the lever connected to your air valve, from there the air hose runs to the front of the brush, and exits behind the nozzle at the bottom. (If you remove the nozzle and stare into the brush, you will see the air exit hole)

The bottom section of the roller ass'y is where the nozzle actuating pin is, this controls the rate of paint flow through the nozzle (duh!). And it is at this point where your problem has most likely occured.

There are 2 main reasons as to why the trigger mech fails/separates.

1-BACKFLUSHING: This is a big NO NO with Aztek brushes. While they are OK for the general use we give them, upon cleaning, you should just run thinner through it, and wipe the area behind the nozzle with a Q tip. Backflushing WILL force paint past the 'O' ring sealing the nozzle pin from the body, and gum up your trigger mech. When this happens, the next time you pull back on the trigger it will simply 'POP' off of where it is supposed to be.

2-LAQUERS: The Aztek 'O' ring WILL cack itself if you use laquer based paints, ie Alclad II. When the 'O' ring fails to seal, the same will happen as above.

I hope this helps a bit, please note that the above descriptions for parts, actuating/roller etc, are not what Aztek would call them, but it was the easiest way I could explain them

This problem is very common among most Aztek users indeed, you are not cursed. Some very common airbrush cleaning techniques such as back-flushing like tweety1 has mentioned has fatal adverse affects on the Aztek internals. Most problems with the Aztek stem from solvents leaking inside over time and mucking up the works...not your fault so much as is a design flaw. This is one of the reasons soo many modelers transition from this elusive and interesting airbrush to a traditional metal type.

Now that makes me feel a little better. Thanks for the input everyone but I think I will buy a metal one sometime. I'm still waiting for the replacement part and I think I will just use it in the meantime. Thanks!