Pictures of A5 Internals
Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Gun Maintenace and Repair
Forum Description: Important info for keeping your marker in top shape
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Topic: Pictures of A5 Internals
Posted By: Bango
Subject: Pictures of A5 Internals
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 5:05pm
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I think this will help people to figure out where different parts go in case you put it together wrong. The only thing that is not shown is the nut that the front grip screws in to. http://imageshack.us">  http://imageshack.us">  http://imageshack.us">  First off, the ball detent. Make sure when you put it in, it's facing the direction mine is. Valve O-ring. This is located up inside the powertube where the arrow is pointing. It's important that you keep this well oiled or else it will cause the infamous leaking from the barrel. Front bolt. If you put this in backwards, it will make cocking your gun a lot harder/impossible. Just make sure yours is facing the direction mine is and you'll be good. Tombstone latch. This keeps your vertical adapter in place. I left mine off once and the vertical adapter slipped out of place and caused a leak, so just make sure it's always latched on to the adapter. I also recommend replacing the stock spring with a lighter clciky pen spring because the stock one makes it hard to unlatch. Drive spring. Make sure the pin is placed inside it to keep it from bending. You can sort of notice the pin in the first picture. Hope that helps ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Gropo
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 6:20pm
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Cool. This is definately helpful. I haven't tried to disassemle my new A5 yet, buy I do want to learn to do my own maintenance. Does it void the warrenty when you go beyound "Field Stripping"? |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 6:38pm
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Why would you need to do more than field strip it? If you are tearing it that far down, there better be some major mods going in.
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 7:25pm
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cool forgive me for a really stupid question but what dows a tombstone latch do? ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 10:08pm
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It holds the tombstone vertical adapter in place.
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Posted By: iceman1186
Date Posted: 17 May 2006 at 10:13pm
Or if you get paint all over the front bolt. ------------- 
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Snake6 wrote:Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 7:38am
Please explain to me how you manged that? Does the term Blue Painters Tape ring a bell? -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 3:29pm
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 3:40pm
Snake...chopping.... Not spraypaint, paintball paint. Chopping would do that. |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 11:32pm
No, it's the thing that the airline screws in to. It's also where people screw in regulators and xchambers. ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 18 May 2006 at 11:38pm
Yes, but you can just field strip it to clean that. -------------
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Posted By: iceman1186
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 1:23am
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Snake I dont know if Im missing something here or what, but how can you remove the front bolt by only field stripping the gun? Im not trying to be sarcastic. -------------
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Posted By: Torquestar
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 3:05pm
| I never field strip mine. I take it totally down (except the power tube valve) every time I play, inspect the components, and re-lube each o-ring by hand. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 19 May 2006 at 3:14pm
On an A-5 the front bolt slides out the back end of the reciever when it is field stripped. What would be the point of having a gun that can break down in 30 seconds, if you couldn't get to the part of the gun that matters out? -------------
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Posted By: Psycho Squirrel
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 10:51am
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Hey, this really helped. I was able to fix a recocking problem because of this. Thanks. ------------- Stop signs are only a suggestion....kinda like pants. |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 3:07pm
It's a good quick fix if you're trying to get back into the game, but if a ball chops, taking the insides out and cleaning them will not solve the problem, paint will still be on the inside of the reciever. The fieldstrip is the way to go if you don't chop, or are ready to get back into the game, but when you're done each game you should strip the gun down and take your time cleaning and re-oiling it. ------------- 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: iceman1186
Date Posted: 21 May 2006 at 8:43pm
You know, I never even thought of doing it that way. So, thanks. -------------
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Posted By: draconas
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 5:32am
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Banjo/or anyone else can you please post a picture of the insides of
the cyclone feeder. I am having a devil of a time trying to work
out how the ratchet spring fits back in, I've tried looking at the
diagrams but they don't help. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 6:31am
What I nromally do is in between games, I pull the internals out and clean them. THen I run a striaght shot through the reciever to get some of that junk out. -------------
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Posted By: ykwak
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 11:26am
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For guys like SNAKE who think tearing down a gun is a NONO... why NOT tear one down? it is a good idea to take it all down at least once a month and give it a good wipe down. There are lots of debris that will get into the marker itself. Also, it is a good thing to do in order to Learn about this marker, and to be less afraid of handling it. That way, you dont have to take it to all those "air smiths" who are video or home trained. |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 3:36pm
No problem, I'll try and get some up soon. Maybe by tonight. ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 8:49pm
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Bump, just have to upload the pictures.
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 8:48pm
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bump pictures arent working. ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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