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The 'What have you just broken' Thread
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Airsoft-Ed
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Haha, it ought to be called, ''The how shit are AF-UK at owning nice things?' thread''
But yeah, as per with clicking on this and its sister thread, I just clicked on this thinking, "Oooo, what's Ian bought now that I can oggle at next trip down Skirmish?"
But yeah, as per with clicking on this and its sister thread, I just clicked on this thinking, "Oooo, what's Ian bought now that I can oggle at next trip down Skirmish?"
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Jolley
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made a kiddy error whilst upgrading my l96. i upgraded the bolt with new piston and spring and that fired about 10 shots and the all hell broke loose!
back of the bolt snaped of
the bolt went flying into the hop up unit
sheered the screw holding the mag catch
and obliterated the hop up
all fixed now and better than ever
back of the bolt snaped of
the bolt went flying into the hop up unit
sheered the screw holding the mag catch
and obliterated the hop up
all fixed now and better than ever
sp00n
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so today in an attempt to get this CYMA 560rd mp5 hi cap working, i completely stripped it, cleaned it, cleaned spring, check all alignments etc ..... still wont feed properly in auto, it will fire 2 to 5 bbs in auto then nothing until i take my finger off the trigger .... then 2 to 5 bb's again.
works fine in semi, and i have no probs with a 2nd hand ebay 200rd hi cap i bought, or any mid caps.
i am at a loss with it. :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
works fine in semi, and i have no probs with a 2nd hand ebay 200rd hi cap i bought, or any mid caps.
i am at a loss with it. :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
Ian_Gere
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^^Sounds like the spring has lost some of its power. You could maybe try bending it.
On my G36 front, I made a really stupid error while trying to get it reassembled ready for this weekend just gone. In my own defence, I was in a lot of pain so I had a lot of painkillers on board, but TBH that's not so unusual so it's not much of an excuse. I forgot to hook the anti-reversal latch to release the spring tension before opening the gearbox shell -
Result: Sector Gear lost 1 tooth / Spur Gear lost ½ a tooth
The reason I was disassembling the gearbox, again :angry: even though it was perfectly shimmed, was that it had unaccountably jammed. The problem appears to have been that the Sorbothane pad I stuck to the cylinder head had come unstuck and got split - I'm guessing that it got jammed up with the airbrake piston head somehow. I've taken the opposite approach this time and, rather than using double sided tape to stick a pad to the cylinder head, I've used Evostick to stick a thinner pad to the piston head.
Fingers, toes, and testicles crossed...
On my G36 front, I made a really stupid error while trying to get it reassembled ready for this weekend just gone. In my own defence, I was in a lot of pain so I had a lot of painkillers on board, but TBH that's not so unusual so it's not much of an excuse. I forgot to hook the anti-reversal latch to release the spring tension before opening the gearbox shell -
PING!
Result: Sector Gear lost 1 tooth / Spur Gear lost ½ a tooth
The reason I was disassembling the gearbox, again :angry: even though it was perfectly shimmed, was that it had unaccountably jammed. The problem appears to have been that the Sorbothane pad I stuck to the cylinder head had come unstuck and got split - I'm guessing that it got jammed up with the airbrake piston head somehow. I've taken the opposite approach this time and, rather than using double sided tape to stick a pad to the cylinder head, I've used Evostick to stick a thinner pad to the piston head.
Fingers, toes, and testicles crossed...
sp00n
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don't cross them ... it brings no luck, just pain!!
bend a hi cap spring? the mag isn't 6 months old yet
, i suppose the spring could be shot .... any idea where to get a new one?
Ian_Gere
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No mate. I saw some replacement kits for the whole inner gubbins for a couple of hicaps a while ago, but I'm fcuked if I can remember where. I think they were just for STANAG and AK mags though.
You're right though, 6 months isn't much time for the spring to have got knackered. Unless you left it wound for a long while?
Oh yeah, have you tried oiling it?
You're right though, 6 months isn't much time for the spring to have got knackered. Unless you left it wound for a long while?
Oh yeah, have you tried oiling it?
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Ian_Gere
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Well, breaking the problem down, there is enough spring pressure to feed BB's slowly, but quickly only briefly. So, if the spring is unlikely to have been damaged, and the moving parts are clean and siliconed, there must be a defect in the part that acts like a magazine follower, that actually pushes the BB's, or the slot/tube thingumabob that the BB's are pushed up...
I mean, by process of elimination, that must be right, eh? Perhaps a bit of filing/sanding will make it work more smoothly.
I mean, by process of elimination, that must be right, eh? Perhaps a bit of filing/sanding will make it work more smoothly.
jcheeseright
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Happened some time yesterday evening, glad it was only a £5.99 Casio!
PhillipR34
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Snapped the spade terminal thing on my motor while I was at a skirmish, how even? it's inside the pistol grip!
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