Help with a Classic R/T

[pinkanese]

A friend gave me his classic r/t to see if I could fix it. The problem is that it likes to eat banjo bolt orings, mostly the middle one. I fixed the oring problem, it fired about a dozen shots this starts leaking from the banjo bolt. I take it apart, just barely the banjo bolt was stuck in the rail because the middle orign had stretched adn no longer wanted to come out. I am really at a lose as to why it would be eating the orings like this/ The hole in the rail for the bolt looks a little worn but nothing major. Just wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas what might be wrong.

[xero28]

I recently acquired a classic RT as well and had a similar issue, though I'm not sure if it's the same. I started a thread about it here http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=246904. Scroll down and I posted some pictures of what was happening. The hole on my rail was pretty chewed up and I ended up just buying a new rail, seems to have fixed the problem. Good luck getting yours squared away.

[flyingpootang]

That kind of damage can happen if you don't totally degas your marker before removing your valve. You may be able to save your rail by having a insert of the proper size installed into your classic rail. You may want to pm Luke or Tuna and see if they have ever seen this kind of problem before....

[REDRT]

Complete de gas is a must, but the body has to be centered to the rail to I've found over the years. The classic is a great marker, but it can be a little more finicky than the rest because of the banjo bolt. You over tighten you wreck o-rings. You under tighten it leaks. Must find it's happy medium.

[Tunaman]

Over the years there has been a rail update and a banjo bolt update...make sure you have those.

[REDRT]

Over the years there has been a rail update and a banjo bolt update...make sure you have those.

Updates? Still retaining the banjo bolt for the classic? What have I missed?

[Tunaman]

Updates? Still retaining the banjo bolt for the classic? What have I missed?

The rail and banjo bolt have been updated to cure this very issue.

[pinkanese]

Thing is its an Eclipse Splash anno, so getting a new rail is kinda out of the questtion.

But for curiosities sake what are the differences between the old and updated version of rail and banko?

[atech2]

How would one tell which rail or banjo bolt they have?

[Frizzle Fry]

IMHO send Oringmonkey an email. The O-rings in the R/T kit OK, but generally are old (and soft to begin with). He's gotten his hands on more durable O-rings in the sizes you'll need, and I haven't eaten one yet (fingers crossed).