Hey guys,
Got a RT Classic in the mail last week and got some fittings for it today in the mail... one of them was a male quick disconnect piece...
Before I put it in I noticed that it had something inside the male QD piece... back in the 90's these were 1 way valves... allowing air in but not out (like you would find in a fill nipple on a compressed air tank)... anyways... I put it on with the one way valve in... not thinking it through...
Put air on it this afternoon (after replacing the seals last night)... and the bolt was acting all kinds of weird...
I am now wondering if this is due to the one way valve... I took the air off the gun to check some different things (and pull that one way valve out of the male QD piece)... but now the banjo bolt is VERY hard to get out... which leads me to believe it is retaining air pressure due to the one way valve. It was able to fire a single shot after taking off the air... but I get the feeling it has maybe enough air in the gun to make the banjo bolt tough to get out but maybe not enough air to push the sear pin forward or cycle...
Now I am trying to figure out how to relieve the (possibly fictitious) pressure without taking the chance of blowing an o ring on the banjo bolt or something else that may not be good...
Or should I just nut up and unscrew the banjo? I can see that it might be tougher to get out because I just put air to it... but not really sure.
Let me know your thoughts. The RT Classic is a new beast to me... but last night when replacing seals it seemed very similar to the xvalve in my RT Pro.
Oh... and one more possibly pertinent detail... the male QD piece is coming out of a 90 degree fitting coming out of the first hole in the rail (farthest from the shooter) on the right hand side of the gun.
Thanks guys.
M