I did a search and found loose elbow threads but no too tight ones

my new 98c, I am unable to close the feed elbow ... guess I should not have flipped it open lol

any ideas, I was looking and there is no 'adjustment' short of doing a bit of material removal, I do not really want to do that if I can avoid it.  Everything looks to be in the correct locations, the feed elbow will not latch closed.  I have not disassembled the marker yet, so the front site is still on correctly

sorry all seems I got this in the wrong location, thought I was in Maint section

I am going to upload a few pics, for show and tell.  It is not a fitment issue with the front site, it operates as it should.  It almost seems like the space where the spring is located needs to be on the other side, that is about how far off the catch is to 'catch' the front site.

If a mod could move this to the maintenance forum, that would be great.

a few pics, I hope the are big enough and small enough to suit all

Here are the pics for fitment

Elbow tight spot

side of marker paint smashed, for lack of better terms coming to mind

place I am thinking might need a file tweek

If the pics are not large enough, I can try to retake them at a higher res on the camera, let me know

keep in mind this is a brand new marker, only 30-40 shots fired so far and it has not been disassembled, I have loosened screws as recommended in this thread and nothing else

Smack the feedneck as hard as you can with your hand and see if it goes into place. other wise go ahead and file the metal piece down because that won't affect anything else than getting it to fit.

Monk wrote: You can loosen the screws on the feedneck, then try and move the hook think around a bit, to see if that fixes it.

I thought about that too, they are sleeved into the latch.  Looks like I might have to do a bit of filing ...

Here is what I am talking about, I had thought maybe I could remove a bit of plastic off the sleeves, I am not sure that is a great idea though.  They are pretty thin to start with.

I think I will call Tippmann and see if they would be willing to send me another latch part or possibly the complete feeding tube assembly, after they check it for proper fit.

Robo, there is no forcing it into place, I tried, just short of failure.

OIE ... got it, too bad I did a small amount of filing before I figured this one out ...

I could see the spring for the front site.  It was like that was when I first opened it, so I thought it was correct.  I remembered a post about tucking that spring back in so I tried that, it works just fine now.  The front screw was tightened up with the spring not in it's cavity properly.  Take a look at the pics from the first set, see how much of the nut thread is showing, that was the way the marker was from the get go ... woot, all better now

Thanks for all the input, this is one I will not soon forget ... being unfamiliar with the marker was definitely a draw-back this time for me.

I have taken it apart now and so have passed that step as well hehe

When working on your marker and troubleshooting it is better to do simple first and then go more drastic.

I probably would have caught the 'gap' at the front site, however, it was like that when I cut off the factory packaging ... weird, but it does happen, even to medical equipment.