How do i check for a worn ball detent?
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Topic: How do i check for a worn ball detent?
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Subject: How do i check for a worn ball detent?
Date Posted: 11 January 2006 at 10:06pm
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As mentioned above. Should i store the gun cocked or uncocked? ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45 
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 11 January 2006 at 10:29pm
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Leave your gun uncocked because if you leave it cocked it puts pressure on your drive spring which over time can decrease its tension, leading to velocity problems. As for the ball detent, I don't think you have to worry about that. I've never had a problem with mine wearing out, and mine's like 3yrs old. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 4:35am
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If you're fireing multiple balls at once, or a ball randomly rolls out of your barrel, the detent is probably worn. I'd say store it uncocked so you don't forget and have it explode everywhere when you break it down for cleaning. A spring like that shouldn't really become weaker from being compressed, compressing and decompressing will wear it out faster. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 10:27am
| I cant say Ive ever had a worn ball detent...But I have lost it on many occasion. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 10:37am
Yeah. I always keep an extra one around just in case. The one thing I love about the Carbine series markers is the way the ball detent sits, it is almost impossible to lose it without seriously trying to. ------------- 
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Monk wrote:Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 11:50am
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The finger on the detent begins to look thinner, as it it is drying out. If you flex the finger on the old detent comparing it with a new detent, it is noticeably softer. Some people using gravity feeders may get a couple of years of use from one detent. If you are using a force feed style hopper, like a Halo B, and you begin to have problems such as chopped paint, replace the detent. Playing about once a week my son and I are replacing the detents about every 4 months (Halo B). It doesn't start to double feed, but the marker begins to chop paint. After trying bunches of other fixes, replacing the indent suddenly fixes it. We have not let it get so bad that if begins to feed two balls. Storing the marker un-cocked depresses the detent causing it to take set and may lead to early replacement. Storing the marker cocked compresses the spring. Over time this may also take a set requiring adjustments to maintain velocity and may also lead to the need for replacement. Both items should be replaced periodically due to NORMAL wear and tear. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 3:05pm
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same here ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Tippyprouser
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 6:06pm
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i would reccomend atleast replacing it after every year ------------- Setup: Tippmann Custom Pro E-trigger 12" All American BT Folding Stock GTA Inline Expansion Chamber Kit Dead on Pro seal Cyclone Feed System Remote Line Polished internals |
Posted By: DX VIPER
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 10:07pm
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I just bought a new one today and there's a huge difference between the new one and the old one. I'm having problems with chopping balls too so hopefully this is the fix. -------------  |
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 13 January 2006 at 4:48pm
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Ya im chopping like mad, but ive only used the gun (and therefore
detent) three times. Any other reasons? Im shooting 5/6 bps on an
agitating hopper rated to 14.
------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45
CCI Phantom 45 Grips |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 3:44am
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A detent can age sitting on the shelf to the point it is not usable any more. It could be your paint. Some of the really "tournament" grade paint is just too brittle to cycle through a Tippmann. |
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 16 January 2006 at 8:56pm
Is XBall Bronze or DraXxus Midnight to brittle? Also is there a chance that one chop put some paint into the feedneck, and after i cleaned it some residue got stuck? (cause i know the paint residue is sticky, so could it be jamming up the hopper?) ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45
CCI Phantom 45 Grips |