A-5 Cyclone Problem

Hi, I was really hoping that someone here could help me out!  I recently purchased a new A-5, with no mods on it at all. I haven't used it at all, due to this somewhat major problem. Basically, what happens, I load my hopper up for chrony in, and the first 10 shots, I was just shooting Co2, no paintballs... So i press the manual feed, and I'm able to shoot 2 more. then a couple shots of Co2 again... I dry fire it a couple times upside down, then fire again, this time I can fire about 10-15 paintballs then it goes back to Co2 again... I've been looking around for other posts... but no such luck. I read that the ratchet could be warn... but it isn't... and I was using a full tank of Co2. I have the cyclone updates too, i.e., clear ratchet, and "A" on my cyclone... I Live in Ontario, so I dunno how much it would be to send it in to Tippmann, or how long it will take so I was wondering if there was anything I could do that might solve this problem. I haven't called tippmann, or e-mailed them, but thats my next option.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks!!

sounds like your starving the cyclone. If you can't figure out how to adjust it yourself, Theres a Tippmann service center in Montreal, and i think theres another in Toronto too.

So sending it in would cost that much

I too have a problem with my cyclone. its not feeding at all. I tried searching for the Tippmann Service in Toronto but no luck. Id like to bring my cyclone there and see whats up. Im also wondering if I can order a cyclone and how much would that cost?

First off, make sure the hose is straight from the fitting on the gun to the fitting on the Cyclone. If it is at a angle, it sometimes will do what you have described above and (starve) it. Next, in my opinion don't waste your money on a Q.E.V. Get THIS instead. It actually works. Also you can't go wrong with the Vortex or Lightning Rod modifications.

Edited by TIPPY98ACT - 21 April 2007 at 10:11am

The hose was straight, would a larger hose do the trick? like  a 1/8" rather then the 1/16" hoses? I might actually look into that piston from Techt... I think its what $30.00?

Edited by 5FingerDiscount - 21 April 2007 at 11:12am

... i have never heard of or had those problems ever, so my guess is that you air line hose maight be clogged thats my guess though

good luck

hey 5FingerDiscount did you ever get this cyclone issue resolved. I am having the same issue with my A5. it will dry fire then about every third time will fire a ball. It is very frustrating!

 

Please tell me what you did to fix.

I had the same problem (as I recently posted). I had bought my A-5 2 years ago and had worn it down since then. Once I got my R/T and Expansion chamber it finally killed the cyclone and it was too weak to even move paintballs. If your gun is recently new I wouldn't think that this would be a problem, but it might. If you could take it to a dealer and see if your ratchet needs replaced it might help. Although I am not a professional at fixing guns, this is what mine was doing. Hope you get it working!

Did you put a RVA on the gun? Post a list of all modifications to the gun as the problem may be with another component. I'm not sure how the piston snapped in half though, doesn't seem like that should be able to happen. The only way I can see that happening is if the piston moved forward to activate the cyclone and then got stuck on its way back, allowing the force of the ratchet to slowly bend and eventually break the piston. Even that sounds highly unlikely but I guess it's possible. Did you check the piston housing for debris and make sure the cyclone internals were properly lubricated?


Edited by mod98commando - 13 August 2007 at 3:38am

mod98commando wrote: Did you put a RVA on the gun? Post a list of all modifications to the gun as the problem may be with another component. I'm not sure how the piston snapped in half though, doesn't seem like that should be able to happen. The only way I can see that happening is if the piston moved forward to activate the cyclone and then got stuck on its way back, allowing the force of the ratchet to slowly bend and eventually break the piston. Even that sounds highly unlikely but I guess it's possible. Did you check the piston housing for debris and make sure the cyclone internals were properly lubricated?

I have no idea what an RVA is... but I'm gunna say no? The only performance upgrades (apart from a barrel) I put on the gun are the Vortex Mod and Lightening Rod... I did check the housing and it was pretty clean - I lubed the **edited** out of the vortex... using Jigga lub (Lithium Based Grease) to grease it up - and it pumps fine - what might have happened is that I might not have lubed the part where the piston pivots on the ratchet properly, so it might have had too much friction maybe? I dunno... it happened and I don't understand why... But the misfiring doesn't make any sense to me... Someone told me that my cyclone might have a timing issue or it over spins... but I didn't know it was that frequent of a problem... But either way... I think I should invest in an X-7 Cyclone - I think they're 30 american?