paint will not enter chamber with l7 bolt installed

[SI]paintball · 08-18-2009, 05:31 PM

just bought the l7 bolt and now the paint will not enter the chamber. can not figure it out if somebody could give me a hand or any ideas how to fix it would be awesome.

evilpaintball311 · 08-18-2009, 05:40 PM

is your bolt stop in the correct way?

[SI]paintball · 08-18-2009, 05:42 PM

yeah i tried it both ways and it still did the same thing

evilpaintball311 · 08-18-2009, 05:43 PM

What body are you using it with?

[SI]paintball · 08-18-2009, 05:44 PM

deadly wind isaria body

evilpaintball311 · 08-18-2009, 06:22 PM

So stock can and chamber?

openingact · 08-19-2009, 10:06 AM

Take your ion with the hopper off air it up. MAKE SURE NOT TO HAVE YOUR ION ON INCASE OF MISFIRE!!! Look down the feedneck at the bolt and check to see if you can see any of the bolt sticking out from behind feedneck. When you straight down you should only see maybe a 1/16" of the bolt and that's it. If there's more then there is definitely an issue with the bolt and not your paint or hopper. (Sometimes paint gets ovaled or some people with clamping feedneck clamp them on to hard which presses the hopper halfs togther and bends it so balls can't get through)

For your bolt make sure the stop is so the bevelled side is facing the back of the can. Really there isn't anything else it could be unless the bolt is simply made too long which is very doubtful

[SI]paintball · 08-19-2009, 02:45 PM

yea its the stock chamber and can

openingact · 08-19-2009, 02:50 PM

I'm going to go ahead and bank on a installation error

btw.... is this an original ion or xe?

[SI]paintball · 08-19-2009, 02:53 PM

its the original and i tried it both ways it did the same thing both ways and i went back to the way i had it the first time as per the instructions so i dont think its installation error

openingact · 08-19-2009, 02:56 PM

What happened when you did the test I suggested in post #7

[SI]paintball · 08-19-2009, 02:58 PM

it still sits out to far i wanna say about an 1/8 inch i can not figure it out only thing i can think of is the i bought the bolt for the xe and not the original

openingact · 08-19-2009, 03:04 PM

To tell you the truth I not entirely sure what the difference is between the 2.... try to email techt and they'll be able to help you further or pm them on here at todd@techt

[SI]paintball · 08-19-2009, 03:06 PM

well thanks for your help spmething is better then nothing

openingact · 08-19-2009, 03:09 PM

If it comes down to an ordering issue or something with the bolt itself being machined incorrectly, then we won't be much help here unfortunately

[SI]paintball · 08-19-2009, 04:15 PM

i know but like i said ill take what i can get i didnt order the bolt i picked it up at my local paintball store

ProtoxxPaintball · 08-19-2009, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [SI]paintball

i know but like i said ill take what i can get i didnt order the bolt i picked it up at my local paintball store

Yes but, Todd stands behind all of his products. He will help you out to get things moving smoothly.

[SI]paintball · 08-19-2009, 06:01 PM

i dont doubt that for a minute from what i heard its an amazing bolt i dunno if it was something i did or something else i pm'd him already so ill wait and see

nycelitemaster · 08-19-2009, 08:36 PM

did you push the back plug all the way in? some ppl don't push that all the way in bolt out back or bolt donut in ion..

Blitchy · 08-20-2009, 02:42 AM

wouldn't matter if you screw in the front piece to the back can it pushes it down... if its an xe bolt stop its too small to fit into the can snuggly take your stock one and compare it to the l7 bolt stop if there the same in diameter its not a issue if its smaller then you have the xe bolt stop and that is a problem

whosyourpimpdaddy · 08-20-2009, 07:35 PM

I know this sounds odd, but I have found that sometimes when you get any debris in the threading or behind the bolt stop it can affect the tolerances.

I play alot of woodsball and have found this issue out the hard way.
Ions are not forgiving in the woods.

If I were you, I would try backing the firing chamber up by unscrewing it just enough that the bolt stops further back.
It wont leak if you just back it out a little. I have done this.