I ikarma70 Members Joined Jun 29, 2011 Messages 554 Reaction score 82 Dec 13, 2014 #1 Hi guys, I have just acquired 6 lonex flash wind mags and all of them on winding, the string doesn't always retract on winding. Is it just a case of lubricating or something more serious? Atb Andy Last edited by a moderator: Dec 13, 2014
Hi guys, I have just acquired 6 lonex flash wind mags and all of them on winding, the string doesn't always retract on winding. Is it just a case of lubricating or something more serious? Atb Andy
Lozart Supporters Joined Jun 24, 2013 Messages 8,495 Reaction score 4,943 Dec 13, 2014 #2 Were they cheap and second hand?
I ikarma70 Members Joined Jun 29, 2011 Messages 554 Reaction score 82 Dec 13, 2014 Thread starter #3 Secondhand
Lozart Supporters Joined Jun 24, 2013 Messages 8,495 Reaction score 4,943 Dec 13, 2014 #4 I think you just found out why they were being sold... Is the string tangled or kinked?
I ikarma70 Members Joined Jun 29, 2011 Messages 554 Reaction score 82 Dec 13, 2014 Thread starter #5 Little curly but not tangled or kinked
Lozart Supporters Joined Jun 24, 2013 Messages 8,495 Reaction score 4,943 Dec 13, 2014 #6 ikarma70 said: Little curly but not tangled or kinked Click to expand... Click to shrink... Does it go most of the way back in but not completely or will it not retract at all?
ikarma70 said: Little curly but not tangled or kinked Click to expand... Click to shrink... Does it go most of the way back in but not completely or will it not retract at all?
I ikarma70 Members Joined Jun 29, 2011 Messages 554 Reaction score 82 Dec 13, 2014 Thread starter #7 It shoots back in after you fire a few off
Lozart Supporters Joined Jun 24, 2013 Messages 8,495 Reaction score 4,943 Dec 13, 2014 #8 Once it's wound, try giving it a quick pull then let go. The shock should make it retract. Sounds like the pawl that latches the winder wheel is getting stuck.
Once it's wound, try giving it a quick pull then let go. The shock should make it retract. Sounds like the pawl that latches the winder wheel is getting stuck.
I ikarma70 Members Joined Jun 29, 2011 Messages 554 Reaction score 82 Dec 13, 2014 Thread starter #9 So would a quick spray of silicon oil do the trick or is it a strip down job?
Lozart Supporters Joined Jun 24, 2013 Messages 8,495 Reaction score 4,943 Dec 13, 2014 #10 ikarma70 said: So would a quick spray of silicon oil do the trick or is it a strip down job? Click to expand... Click to shrink... Worth a quick squirt into the mechanism but don't get it into the feed tube.
ikarma70 said: So would a quick spray of silicon oil do the trick or is it a strip down job? Click to expand... Click to shrink... Worth a quick squirt into the mechanism but don't get it into the feed tube.
I ikarma70 Members Joined Jun 29, 2011 Messages 554 Reaction score 82 Dec 13, 2014 Thread starter #11 Well a fast pull on the wire makes them work fine, give them a little squirt of lube. Thankyou very much mate, really appreciate your assistance!!!
Well a fast pull on the wire makes them work fine, give them a little squirt of lube. Thankyou very much mate, really appreciate your assistance!!!
Lozart Supporters Joined Jun 24, 2013 Messages 8,495 Reaction score 4,943 Dec 14, 2014 #12 No problem. I have an m4 flash mag and it can be a bit like that too.
