** Official Level 10 Problems Thread **

[LaW]

Re: little ditty

Originally posted by shadow462
More of a foamie problem than a level ten problem. I keep shooting the darn things out. The one that came on the gun shot out 3 weeks ago. I put a replacement on with hard epoxy the next day. Lost it again last weekend. What am I doing wrong? I scored the bolt face, and the epoxy remained on the bolt itself, apparently the foamie didn't adhere properly. Thanks!

never had a problem with mine..... couple drops of superglue did the trickfor me

[MINIMAG4LIFE]

super glue doesnt work

both my foamies that came with my lvl 10 are gone laying out on the field somewhere. I used super glue and 90 sec epoxy. Neither worked even after I scored the bold face. It seems to shoot fine without a foamy, I havent had any ball woble, But if someone knows of a better glue i could use please let me know

[Havoc_online]

Just go get a better quality Super glue and let it cure for at least a day outside of the valve assembly.

[Carbon]

Need A simple solution to a simple problem

Played with the LX bolt today, works wonders, no mechanical problems at 240- 235 fps (yeah its kinda low), CO2, Standard PFL, Smart Parts 16" 2 Piece AA.

This on occasion this would happen to me: after the bolt would "activate" its antichop function i noticed it would shove the first ball in the barrel while the partialy, stacking/feeding the subsequent ball. Sometimes this would result in a double ball feed, which i can shot out no probs. On 2 occasions it would just hang the bolt back, the bolt impacting on the misfed ball. in which case i have to turn the gun upsidedown, fire a clearing shot and continue. Any similar experinces? Im guessing i might hafta get a motorized hopper. Any similar experinces? what do yall do?

[Havoc_online]

If your double feeding, check your nubbin.do you have plastic or wire? what type of barrel?

when the bolt pinches a ball, the shot before should have already left the barrel.

are you short stroking?

[Carbon]

My nubbins are plastic and they go in as far as they should. Smart Parts 2 piece, 14", AA. Im guessing i am short stroking, ive got the snap and timing down on the mag pretty well. Thnx!

[Havoc_online]

Something that's easy to miss with aftermarket barrels and plastic nubbins is that not all barrels are made right. I'm not too sure about Smart Farts but if the grove is too deep then once a ball is in the barrel, the nubbin may not be in contact with anything to put pressure on the ball. A lot of barrels are still being made in mind of using the wire nubbins, not the plastic which needs a good fit.(just an idea, something to check)

[Aegis]

Ok - read the whole thread, I think.

Seems like reg piston time - I have the "loosest" carrier that will work w/o leaks, but can't get it to fire with anything other than the old spring before it vents out the back of the reg. Tried a reg piston from another, probably newer mag and it was better but not quite there.

In other words, it leaks down the barrel until velocity is high enough to leak out the back. While it is leaking out the back, it operates fine - shoots good and the pencil test works fine.

That make sense? Too much Jim Beam while working on it might be an issue.

[Havoc_online]

sounds like the reg. piston.

[JShadow]

I'm trying to put a LVL10 into my RT pro. I'm nearly positive I have the right carrier as the next smaller is very tight and the next larger leaks a lot. I'm using two shims and the longest spring.

However the pin that my trigger pushes to fire is not coming all the way forward so I cannot fire the gun. I actually managed to fire it by pressing the pin with a small allen wrench. I've tried all the springs and nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

[LaW]

Raise the velocity until it fires. If it leaks out the back go to the next smallest spring. Repeat process

well I see you did the springs but did you try raising velocity?

[JShadow]

I'm at the smallest spring with velocity cranked and that pin still isn't coming out like normal

[LaW]

dont' know what to say
have you messed with the trigger rod god forbid? hehe

[JShadow]

Nope didn't touch the trigger rod at all. It seems very odd that it won't come out.

[LaW]

alrighty, put back the original powertube etc etc in and see if it works. If it doesn't then there has to be something non lvl10 related