 |
 |
03-17-2012, 08:27 PM
|
#1
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Katy, TX
|
Are you <del>****</del>ing kidding me?
Went to my oring supplier and bought a complete fresh set of orings for the viking, including the metric ones inside the noid.
Switched out everything, and magically viking is back to working 100%, have no clue what the problem was.
Get air today and start to tune viking, setting at dwell 9, lpr 68, 2 liter somewhere around the 200 range. Shoots 285 +/-2 for about four pods.
Put in one last pod before I pack it up for x-ball tomorrow and hear a strange noise about 3 shots into the pod, bolt is stuck forward but gun still shoots when I pull the trigger.
Ended up with this:
Are you <del><del><del><del>****</del></del></del></del>ing kidding me right now?
This has been the project from hell getting this thing running again, I have never had anywhere near this many problems with a gun before.
I have never even heard of a viking ram shaft breaking before.
I am completely <del><del><del><del>****</del></del></del></del>ing done at this point, I'll get it back to running but its going up for sale. Whole thing has turned into a complete nightmare. |
|
|
|
03-17-2012, 08:34 PM
|
#2
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Underground
|
Is this a RTvalve? I've read about it happening to some RT... And it did happened to the stock ram of my Excal. Don't drop it already, you just got it back to good state, pretty much.
edit: Thread when it happened to my excal.. See Dan's comment at the bottom...
http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=2483076
Another thread with broken RT ram shaft..
http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.p...robtown+broken
Last edited by MeuroM : 03-17-2012 at 08:38 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
03-17-2012, 08:48 PM
|
#3
|
|
Join Date: May 2004
Location: mass
|
yea it does happen to some rt's...funny we don't know why...i have the very first one we installed in the shop, i have put soooo many shots through it and it is still perfect, while others have had problems...i wouldnt sell the gun...fix it, leave it for a little bit and come back to it..
|
|
|
|
|
03-17-2012, 10:56 PM
|
#4
|
|
|
I think you should sell it
to me
for 100 dollars
|
|
|
|
03-17-2012, 11:09 PM
|
#5
|
|
Free techs+repairs PM me!
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Silverdale Washington
|
Jb weld.
__________________
Originally posted by psiborg: Don't get one...I relate buying an AKA product to trying Crack. Sure it's fun at the start but then you just want more and more until you're ready to sell your family to a shady guy in a zoot suit for that FSP/Tarantula/Halfmill/Fullmill/Bonebrake etc. Damn now I've gone and soiled myself."
|
|
|
|
|
03-17-2012, 11:32 PM
|
#6
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Underground
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by i_luv_strats
Jb weld.
|
LOL. That was good for my car, but won't do it here. I'd still be curious to see how many shots it'd stand.  |
|
|
|
|
03-17-2012, 11:35 PM
|
#7
|
|
Free techs+repairs PM me!
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Silverdale Washington
|
We should start taking bets.
__________________
Originally posted by psiborg: Don't get one...I relate buying an AKA product to trying Crack. Sure it's fun at the start but then you just want more and more until you're ready to sell your family to a shady guy in a zoot suit for that FSP/Tarantula/Halfmill/Fullmill/Bonebrake etc. Damn now I've gone and soiled myself."
|
|
|
|
|
03-18-2012, 06:27 AM
|
#8
|
|
Join Date: May 2004
Location: mass
|
Let me clarify on what i said...when i said we dont know why..it's not for lack of knowledge...there have been so few that have broken, compared to what have been sold...that's why i say that. There can be many reasons why it broke..it's just a rare thing
|
|
|
|
|
03-18-2012, 03:31 PM
|
#9
|
|
You will know the power
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Charleston SC
|
Damn, hope you get her up and running quickly. Please don't sell it as it would be a helluva waste.
|
|
|
|
|
03-20-2012, 06:50 PM
|
#10
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: cincinnati
|
Happened to my rt valve but at the face of the popit, fix it up and get this thing shooting!  |
|
|
|
|
03-21-2012, 05:53 PM
|
#11
|
|
Señor Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Canada
|
Dude, calm down. Drink a beer. Then just order another one. Seriously, I think you'd kick yourself for selling it. You don't need the cumulative seller's remorse of what.. 90+ guns coming down on you for the sale of this one.
__________________
-BATTLEchaser
Feedback - SOC / PBn / IOG / MCB
"If you meet me, have some courtesy, have some sympathy, and some taste; use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste..." - Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
|
|
|
|
|
03-21-2012, 07:02 PM
|
#12
|
|
|
Could it be the front of the ram was tightened too much from the factory so it was sticking the back of the ram? And others that are right have a tiny gap between?
I can make you another one perhaps?
|
|
|
|
|
03-21-2012, 07:15 PM
|
#13
|
|
Join Date: May 2004
Location: mass
|
Jared already took care of him...some things it could have been...bolt pin being forced in, throwing the ram off square so it wore one side...bad top cap of the ram, so it rode funny...and a few other things...but i think it has been narrowed it down
|
|
|
|
|
03-21-2012, 07:31 PM
|
#14
|
|
AKA Tech
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florence, Ma
|
They do have a tiny gap. They were made slightly longer to reduce the contact to prevent this issue.
__________________
For all your AKA Viking and Excalibur parts, service, and milling please visit http://destructivecustoms.com
Certified AKA repair center.MacDev parts and service.
Looking for 03 or 04 Excals or Vikings or just umilled body. Will do a trade for milling or parts.
Wanted all below
Any Viking/ Excal bodies,03 eye covers, used cartridges
PM UL frame
|
|
|
|
|
03-21-2012, 07:46 PM
|
#15
|
|
|
I do study failure analysis for work and judging just from the picture the break pattern does represent fatigue failure meaning something was wrong for a while, most likely it being to tight or slightly bent
|
|
|
|
|
03-22-2012, 09:32 AM
|
#16
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Katy, TX
|
Jared said something had been off for quite a while as the type 3 anno on the shaft and front of ram cartridge was wore off.
Unfortunately I am the one the has to deal with it and pay for it and I haven't even been able to get a case of paint through it yet 
New RT parts, new cartridge front and a stock bolt pin are going to be on there way so hopefully I can finally get this beast running. |
|
|
|
|
03-22-2012, 05:31 PM
|
#17
|
|
|
Just send the marker to Jared, have him repair, tech, tune, and you wont have to do anything for years man.
|
|
|
|
|
03-24-2012, 09:06 PM
|
#18
|
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Katy, TX
|
Got cartridge back today with new shaft, hammer and front cartridge cap, along with a stock bolt pin, shooting 295 +/-1  |
|
|
|
|
03-24-2012, 09:14 PM
|
#19
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Underground
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Muddytaco
Got cartridge back today with new shaft, hammer and front cartridge cap, along with a stock bolt pin, shooting 295 +/-1 |
|
|
|
|
|
03-24-2012, 11:28 PM
|
#20
|
|
Free techs+repairs PM me!
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Silverdale Washington
|
excellent! Previous ram just couldn't handle all that awesome at once.
__________________
Originally posted by psiborg: Don't get one...I relate buying an AKA product to trying Crack. Sure it's fun at the start but then you just want more and more until you're ready to sell your family to a shady guy in a zoot suit for that FSP/Tarantula/Halfmill/Fullmill/Bonebrake etc. Damn now I've gone and soiled myself."
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
