98 custom handle problems
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Topic: 98 custom handle problems
Posted By: stiffbob
Subject: 98 custom handle problems
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 8:32pm
| Was wonder if anyone else has had a issue with a new 98 custom paintball gun with a 1/8" gap in the handle grip and also in the casting of the metal handle. |
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 8:34pm
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No pic, no post. Repost this in New Player's. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: stiffbob
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 8:50pm
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http://http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture016bf5.jpg - http://http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture016bf 5.jpg |
Posted By: stiffbob
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 8:57pm
  "> Here is the pic of both the guns, the one on the right is the one in question.
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Posted By: dirtbike14455
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 9:02pm
| nope but its possible that the molds are getting old. Thats why the 98s threads changed a tad. Its actually about that tiem again for it to happen |
Posted By: paintballgoth
Date Posted: 20 February 2007 at 9:48am
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? ------------- Guns: Smartparts Ion: Qev and thats about it Spyder Tl-x, Brass egeal pump |
Posted By: Tofu_X
Date Posted: 20 February 2007 at 10:39am
| As time goes on the molds in which the 98 parts are made slowly change meaning the tolerances of the parts will be different. |
Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 20 February 2007 at 12:03pm
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first off, please don't double post in different forums--if someone knows, they'll answer it in one thread. no need to make two. secondly, someone posted in your other thread, thinking that it might be the nuts that keep the ASA held to the reciever halves. make sure they are in the slots properly, that may be a problem. i highly doubt that a casting flaw of 1/8'' would get by their quality control personnel (you can eyeball it and tell it's wrong), but hey, i guess anything could happen. if it's not the two nuts, i'd call tippmann and see what they have to say. ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 20 February 2007 at 1:03pm
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Made in China. I hate you Summit Partners ------------- 
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Posted By: stiffbob
Date Posted: 20 February 2007 at 5:28pm
| Sorry for the double entry but when I posted this one i couldn't find it until I had the other one posted. This is the 1st time that I've ever posted anything on a forum. Now that I know how it works it won't happen again. I checked all the possible reasons for this to happen and I can't find a issue besides that the handle is warped where the grip goes on. I even went as far to take this apart 2 hrs after opening it up. this is the 1st marker ever owned.You know you said that you can't believe that a defect like that would get by there inspection, I can I work in a washing machine factory and you wouldn't believe the defects that go out the door every day.I really don't care that there is a defect , all I want is Tippmann to replace or fix the thing. When I called there service line I was told that this was common that is why I posted this message to see if anyone else had seen this problem? |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 22 February 2007 at 2:26pm
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Its really not that common. If you know anyone with a 98 Custom or have a proshop ask someone if you can try their grips on your 98. You can just have funky grips -------------
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Posted By: dirtbike14455
Date Posted: 22 February 2007 at 2:38pm
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SSOK wrote: