so a little history first, i bought my CM16 2 years ago now, and its been a bloody good gun! it has never let me down. Above is the pic i took when i first bought the gun, below is how its been for the last year and abit (yes before anyone asks i did get my UKARA and do away with the green paint).
2 years on and out of warranty, i figured "i am going to hell ... whats another sin" so time for some modding!!
before i began down this path i did a lot of thinking and tried to put together a plan of action of the 2 things that i wanted to achieve and my reasons.
1) improve trigger response - i play a lot of CQB and a quick trigger response is always nice
To do this i have replaced the motor for a lonex a2 which i had laying around, massive improvement!!
i have, but have not yet fitted a pico AAB mosfet, a speed adjustable trigger, 16awg wire and deans
2) shorten the barrel - Moving in a tight environment, while is not impossible, it is more difficult with a long gun.
i actually contacted G&G and priced up a fire hawk top end ... for £30 - £40 more than there quote i could have bought a new gun!! - so i am not doing this
So One i had got all the bits i figured i need, i began the strip down ... and ran into my first problem
As you can see the bearing is dead ... opening it upon reviealed some more bad news
Yeap that bearing is dead ... and the bevel bearing too, from my experience its normally the spur bearings that go first
In any case i suspect the issue was caused because all/most of the grease has gone hard/crusty ... which is not good!
Other then the bearings everything else looks ok, the gears look fine, the trigger contacts have minimal wear etc etc
The piston has minimal wear, same goes for the piston head ... the spring needs a bearing guide .... and i may chuck that guarder sp100 spring i have laying around at it.
(To be continued)