Sear Pin Bending
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Topic: Sear Pin Bending
Posted By: sekazi
Subject: Sear Pin Bending
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 9:09pm
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I just got my Tippmann 98 Custom Pro Platinum Series ACT less than a month ago and when I took it out for the first time and used it I noticed after that day that the sear pin was bent. It seemed to make the hole it went into larger as well. Since then I purchased the Universal Parts Kit and replace the sear pin with the one it came with and I have not had a real chance to test if it will bend again. Is the pin bending normal? I noticed it did not affect the markers performance any but still I do not know if it should even be happening. And with the Universal Parts kit coming with a replacement sear pin makes me think it is normal but something tells me it is not. |
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Posted By: TinMan
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 10:11pm
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The pin in the universal kit will be fine.
I'm not 100%, but I think some sear pins that were used in the Platinum that had
a 'line knurled' end on one end. I would imagine it was to keep the sear pin
in the right half when the corner shell was removed.
I have replaced 2 that were bent, but it was after tournament use. The regular 98
custom pins I replaced it with are still going strong.
You should be fine. Good luck.
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Posted By: sekazi
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 7:00am
| Good to know. The pin that came with it does have that then the new one was just a solid piece. I will probably know this coming weekend if it will bend again. |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 11:14am
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Yeah the platinum used a knurled pin to hold in place in the right side reciever half. The problem would probably be the knurled pin left grooves in the soft aluminum reciever half, and a regular non-knurled pin is flattening out the grooves and expanding the hole. You could try epoxying the thing in there as a temporary fix. For a more permanent fix you would need to have a pin machined down with one fat end and one narrow end and hammer the sucker in there. I don't get how it's BENDING though, since the left side half should be holding the other end of the pin in place... ------------- 
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Posted By: sekazi
Date Posted: 11 January 2010 at 8:40pm
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It is less than a month old. I do not want to do anything that could void the warranty. When it is bending it is doing it in a U shape. It stays in the hole but it made the holes slightly wider so it is no longer a tight fit. It still fires fine even with the new pin but I have not had a chance to really go all out with it. When I noticed this I tried bending the pin back to normal but gave up and threw it away and waited for the new one. Tomorrow I have the rest of my mods coming so when I have it open I will take a picture of the pin hole to show you what it did. |
Posted By: sekazi
Date Posted: 12 January 2010 at 10:42pm
Alright here is some images of the pin hole.  Since taking these pictures I have managed to make the pin fit snug by using a little piece of double stick tape in the hole with the pin. It made it so it no longer wobbles in the hole. |