BROKEN RATCHET RANT!!! (2 month old A-5)

Before I buy this marker I did a small research about it and I was alerted about the premature braking of the ratchet on non A revisions. The newer A-5 comes with revision A (like mine) but this thing STILL LET ME DOWN on the field yesterday. I opened the cyclone and I was SHOCKED on how cheap/crappy material the ratchet is made of! It's a joke, it looks like rubber made.

At TechT site reading the install instructions I noticed they show the original ratchet as being clear (like polycarbonate) and not a beige colored like the one on my A-5. Is this a newer revision of the ratchet? At the pic below I didn't had to make much pressure to deform the ratchet

Before you guys jump out telling me to stop being cheap and buy a Vortex mod, take into consideration that I live in a third world country and even IF we had it here, it would cost like U$90 or even more. If I try to buy it from ANY stores in USA they won't ship it to me because I live in a third world country. Nice Isn't it? but this product is made in the USA and I am doomed to send the whole gun to warranty (paying shipping) and pray to the ratchet not break in two months again  

P.S I'm not using an E-grip or response trigger, and I'm more a sniper player not shooting much as a front player. This gun shooted 4000-4500 paintballs max.

phil_stl wrote: Vortex it!

Thanks for the reply, but did you care to read my post?

phil_stl, casper8x, Langside,

Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate.

The dealer I sent my A-5 is located in another state here in Brazil, I paid like 60BRZ (30bucks) to get them in there. The lesser of two evils

Even when the store ships international, they don´t take paypal or CC, It´s all the same story: problems with chargeback, etc.. Wire transfers cost me alone 60 bucks on taxes at the Bank, So I´m stuck here.

I would love to have the Vortex mod, but nobody can sell it to me for a Worthwhile price. I contacted at least 5 Stores in the US, all with the same payment problem.

Best Regards.

Black_Shadow wrote: Chances are you didn't get the A revision, the marker you bought was more than likely sitting around on a shelf or something like that before you bought it, and therefore no revision... Your best bet is to either vortex it, (which you say you cant) or to search Ebay or another parts site and ship it to wherever you are Other than than you have to bite a bullet to fix it

Hi Black_Shadow,

There´s an A on the bottom of the Cyclone, that´s for sure. SN 310889. Maybe there´s another update for the internal parts? Thanks for the tips

The Dealer just called me 30min ago saying my marker is repaired and being shipped back to me.

Regards.