The 'What have you just broken' Thread

[Zak Da Mack]

COBBLERS

I got a pair of trainers like them, absolutely shagged, holes in sole, back coming away but man are they so damn comfy

I really didn't want to get rid of these as now they've worn in, they are so damn sturdy and comfy now. Luckily, i managed to fix them. Sorry about a long reply, I didn't even notice this post.

 

[Russe11]

Having tested the mag, I think there's an O ring missing. When I try filling the mag, gas comes straight out of the nozzle. I have ordered a set of O rings from Amazon and shall see if I can plunder parts from a pistol mag when I finish work.

 

[Russe11]

Grr, found an O ring to fit but lost the damn C clip!

I think I know where to source a spare though. Used to use a lot of them before digital projection and I bet we still have the spares somewhere at work.

 

[Russe11]

Progress on bodging matilda's gas release valve back together:

Am still waiting for O rings and E clips to arrive but have managed to use a small piece of rubber glove to make the valve work but not yet to the standard required. The mag will hold gas, but releases too slowly. I feel I am beginning to get a hold on how the valve works and so should possibly be able to get it fully working once I have the O ring and E clip.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Some pics of the parts and how they go together would help, Russe11 mate. Not just for this gun, but help people (me especially) understand how the gas system works.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Aaaaaaand... the penis of the week award goes to... I have the envelope here, just wait while I put my specs on... yes that's it, the AF-UK penis of the week award goes to... [cue drum roll] Ieeeeeeee-an Gere! For overtightening the bolt of the new AK pistol grip I've just fitted - $15+ about $10P&P ffs! What an absolute fucking penis!!!!!!!!!!

...I'm going to try superglue​

as it's perfect for this kind of thing, where the break can fit back exactly into where it broke from, but I'm not very hopeful. There's always going to be some sideways pressure on this so a glued joint is going to get exactly the kind of abuse they're worst at resisting :'(

 

[Happy]

Stripped down my g36 to add a new spring and now it's not feeding BBs. Not touched the barrel or hop up area, and the gearbox cycles on semi/full auto still but nothing coming out the barrel. Mags seem to be feeding in the sense that there's loose BBs after each trigger pull when I take the mag out.

Any ideas on what could be up?

 

[Lozart]

Aaaaaaand... the penis of the week award goes to... I have the envelope here, just wait while I put my specs on... yes that's it, the AF-UK penis of the week award goes to... [cue drum roll] Ieeeeeeee-an Gere! For overtightening the bolt of the new AK pistol grip I've just fitted - $15+ about $10P&P ffs! What an absolute f*cking penis!!!!!!!!!!

...I'm going to try superglue​

as it's perfect for this kind of thing, where the break can fit back exactly into where it broke from, but I'm not very hopeful. There's always going to be some sideways pressure on this so a glued joint is going to get exactly the kind of abuse they're worst at resisting :'(

Araldite is your friend.

 

[Gretik]

Not so much recently destroyed, as "came broken and now I've disassembled it I've given up hope and called it a bad do" - my glock is a write off, something repeatedly causes it to short stroke and jam - took it apart and can't find the fault. To the boneyard with you. (Pretty sure it's in the hammer group.) I've got one project gun, don't need a second project fixer upper!

 

[Russe11]

Some pics of the parts and how they go together would help, Russe11 mate. Not just for this gun, but help people (me especially) understand how the gas system works.

Unfortunately the parts are too small to get a clear enough picture. I'm not sure a picture would even help much, this is just one of those things where you have to just keep trying stuff until something works.

 

[Ian_Gere]

Stripped down my g36 to add a new spring and now it's not feeding BBs. Not touched the barrel or hop up area, and the gearbox cycles on semi/full auto still but nothing coming out the barrel. Mags seem to be feeding in the sense that there's loose BBs after each trigger pull when I take the mag out.

Any ideas on what could be up?

TBH it's been a while since i've worked on a G36, but don't you have to remove the barrel/hop assembly to get the GB out?

My advice in these sort of situations is dismantle it and put it back together again - you may never know exactly what the problem was, but doing it again often sorts out the gremlin.

 

[Samurai]

Stripped down my g36 to add a new spring and now it's not feeding BBs. Not touched the barrel or hop up area, and the gearbox cycles on semi/full auto still but nothing coming out the barrel. Mags seem to be feeding in the sense that there's loose BBs after each trigger pull when I take the mag out.

Any ideas on what could be up?

Does the nozzle move when firing? Maybe the nozzle is not in the tappet.

What brand is it?

 

[Happy]

It's a mix of different bits and pieces, started life as an SRC though. Gearbox is a Frankenstein mix of CYMA, SHS, SRC and element pieces.

The gearbox is fine so may just take Ian's advice and disassemble/reassemble it to see if that works. Oh and yeah you disconnect the barrel assembly from everything to get the gearbox out, Ian, but the hop up stays attached to it.

 

[BBrotherwood]

WE M4 gen 2 Gas magazine. It seems to just vent gas out of the ejection port now :/

 

[Ian_Gere]

Yeah Happy, it's all coming back to me... mine is still in bits because i couldn't work out why it would not engage full auto and i've just had my mind on other things since. I'd just assumed that you had reassembled the gb properly, but Samurai makes a good point - if the tappet plate spring has come off the pin then it wouldn't feed.

Something else to consider is has your ROF increased since you fitted the new spring? Maybe you've got the dreaded gb cycle too fast for the BB's to pop up and be pushed into the barrel by the nozzle... in that case though the 1st shot will usually fire whenever you fit a mag. If that is the case, you need a tappet plate delayer chip to add to the sector gear.

 

[Bottledtorment]

*sighs* the connecting tab on my motor for my AK snapped I hadn't even touched it. Is it possible to solder it back on or even the wire?

 

[Monty]

Is it possible to solder it back on or even the wire?

Yes.

 

[Bottledtorment]

Thank you Monty

That means when I Borrow my neighbours soldering gun I can fix it before stalker

 

[Ian_Gere]

*sighs* the connecting tab on my motor for my AK snapped I hadn't even touched it. Is it possible to solder it back on or even the wire?

Actually it's not completely simple - the post which the tab is attached to is wrapped by a spring, yeah? And that spring/post combo is the most obvious thing to solder the wire to... but solder doesn't want to stick to that spring no matter how hot you make it or even using flux. You need to scratch the surface of it with a file, or sharpening stone (or whatever bodge-tastic means at your disposal).

 

[Ian_Gere]

30/11/14 - had to take the little PBS-3 suppressor off Valyushka my Silverback PP-19 Bizon 2 because about 1/5 BB's would swerve off to the lower left - there's nothing but 1 thin ring of foam in it, with a bore much wider than the exit/muzzle, so I think some rethinking with some LX and PTFE tape to adjust the way it sits on its threads may be in order.

Then I slipped on a combination of BB's in me boot tread and wet lino floor, in the classic 'would have crippled meself for weeks if i hadn't twisted to the side to avoid landing on me coccyx' style beloved of banana skin fans the world over (it's the 2nd time I've visited The Stan and the 2nd time i've done exactly this and only a few metres from where it happened the first time, iirc :wacko: Gave Valyushka a good clatter and my NC Star 1 x 25 red/green dot is no longer working. I have hopes that it is just a loose connection but, perhaps jinxingly, I had already ordered some laser diodes for another project (plus a few spare for S&G) so I ought to be good to go whatever the problem turns out to be.

Then Valyushka herself ran out of battery charge. This was unexpected - it was only an 8.4V Vapex 1600mAh NiMh stick, but freshly charged and its 1st skirmish. She then ran down my spare, another the same, but older. No sign of unexpected heat, no smoke, or arcing... I have no idea, but I'm guessing it must be a short somewhere. I was planning to rewire her soon anyway, but also to fit a BW3 MOSFET, although I'm not keen to do the latter now unless/until I figure out the problem, because even tiny transient shorts are fatal to MOSFETs...