ball will not stay inside bolt
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Topic: ball will not stay inside bolt
Posted By: n8dogg
Subject: ball will not stay inside bolt
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 6:13pm
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every time i chamber a ball and tilt my marker down the ball falls right out the barrel of my a-5. i have just resently installed a flat line barrel. the next ball that chambers will either fall out or not shoot. please i cannot figure this out and think i may be missing something or over looking somthing please help thank you.
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Posted By: eldiablo_si
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 6:40pm
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Have you taken your gun apart recently? It sounds to me like you are either missing your ball latch or it is turned around. ------------- A-5 w/ APE E-Grip, Polished Internals, 12" Lapco Bigshot, GTA X Chamber, Dead On RVA, Trinity Spring Kit, Smart Parts Inline On/Off, Smart Parts Anti-Siphons |
Posted By: hungrymonkey
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 6:49pm
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I have noticed that when you unscrew the front 3 screws to install the flatline. It will leave the reciever halves loose enough for the ball detent to fall out of its groove and/Or get pinched between the halves.
You might want to take the barrel off and see if this has happened. ------------- A5 Flatline E trigger Palmers stabilizer 68ci 4500 psi hpa tank |
Posted By: eldiablo_si
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 8:47pm
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Ball detent! That was the word I wanted to use when I said "latch" lol. ------------- A-5 w/ APE E-Grip, Polished Internals, 12" Lapco Bigshot, GTA X Chamber, Dead On RVA, Trinity Spring Kit, Smart Parts Inline On/Off, Smart Parts Anti-Siphons |
Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 12 March 2006 at 10:32pm
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It's called "latch" in Tippmann speak. Either way, that's probably the problem.
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Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 2:52am
The detent is missing or mis-installed. |
n8dogg wrote:Posted By: n8dogg
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 4:33pm
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i took my gun apart after the advise and found that my ball latch was missing. i did take my gun apart after i installed the flat line and i must have dropped the ball latch and then didn't even notice it was missing when i reassembled it, now i just have to find it or get a new one thank you |
Posted By: manoman12
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 7:01pm
| you can get one on http://www.tippmannparts.com - www.tippmannparts.com for cheap |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 13 March 2006 at 11:45pm
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Or at just about any shop that sells Tippmanns. Buy a hand full. |
Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 14 March 2006 at 12:39am
You must completely unscrew those screws for this to happen, and that isn't necessary to install the Flatline on an A-5. Just loosening the screws a couple of turns is sufficient, and you run no risk of losing any parts. |
Posted By: Crossfire636
Date Posted: 17 March 2006 at 3:30pm
either theres no ball latch or its backwards...and your barrel is prob. to big if paint can roll all the way through, but its the ball latch i hope 
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Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:39pm
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ball latch/detent definitely. sounds like its not even there. guys, im depressed. my proshop charged me, get this, 15 bucks CAN to for a detent to stop my double feed/chop issues. 15 BUCKS! ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45 
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Posted By: --Red--
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:55pm
wowowow  ^^ for a little tiny ball latch?
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Posted By: onef457z
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:28pm
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I paid $1.43 for a detent for my custom 98 this afternoon when i couldn't find mine. I could have pulled that out from under my seat of my car. $15? That blows. ------------- Custom Paintjob, Polished Internals, Pen Spring, Cyclone Feed, Richochet Hopper, X-Chamber, Promark Trigger, Dye Sticky3s, Stainless Bolts, RocketCock, DOP Drop Forward, 14" Whisper Barrel |
Posted By: Ghost-Rider
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:31pm
yea its that ball latch thingy caus ei took my 98c apart 2day and i was
lookin at that lil thing goin .... wow if i lsot that im screwed ....so
thats y its orange probly lol but now i screwed my front sight
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:24pm
WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?! I'd tell them to shove it in an unpleasant place for that much! Well, first off tell them they SUCK as a proshop if a detent is $15... and then never go there again :P ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:31pm
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lol. my friend never unscrewed the gun to get the adapter out to put his flatline in. he sold his flatline and got a j and j. now the j and j sometimes falls out of the gun when hes shooting. its like really loose. ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: TheBaldGuy
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 1:30pm
| Remember, he said $15 CAN. That's what? $2US? j/k. You got hosed, but no worse than here. Called my local shop, they wanted $6 USD for one. Just added a couple to the order today when I bought my J&J. $2 each. |
Posted By: rdcisneros3
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 7:54am
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That's an outrageous price, especially since you can call Tippmann's service number and they will ship you one for FREE. ------------- Donny Cisneros |
Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 9:24am
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ever since i got my qloader i double feed every now n then, think its a worn down detent? ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 5:33pm
It could be, but double feeding is becoming a common problem again with modern force-fed loaders. Halos and q-loaders can actually put so much pressure on the ball stack that it will actually push the ball in the chamber out of the way over the detent and double feed. Thats why some modern electros have dual detents. ------------- 
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 10:46am
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Yep... thats the q-loaders fault. I would replace the detent, and if it doesn't help, find a weaker spring for the q-loader I guess... ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 1:48pm
and you paid that? you know, you dont HAVE to buy stuff from them. |
Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 3:31pm
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so will replacing the detent do anything or will i just have to eat the double feeds. it happens like 1/50 shots :/ ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 5:35pm
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Well if you wanted to get adventurous you could install an autococker ball detent in the side of the gun as well.
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