Ego 6 maybe chopping.

[Tremor]

Hi all,

Was out training yesterday with my ego 6 which i have never had any problems with before chopping, has a cure bolt fitted which i thought would help prevent this.

We were shooting blaze and at the start of the day everyone was having trouble with (think it was a bad batch) but most manage too cure it by altering their dwell or LPR settings.
I was shooting soup all day and am now worried that it is my gat or my hopper.

The traning before i had one break in my hopper and had too completely dis-assemble for the first time. Having read up on a few things i think i may have put it back together wrong and it might be forcing the balls into my gun too fast?
The spring that goes under the drive cone may have been put in wrong, however i have no way of telling as its the only reloader i own. It feeds well when i drop test it however it feels like there could be a lack of tension in the cone.

Im baffled and wondered wether there's anything glaringly wrong i can fix before next training.

I have set the ego back up as is said on the planet website as i tried upping the dwell too be softer on the paint which didnt help.

So just looking for any advice really. thanks in advance.

tom

 

[sumo89]

you can tell if the springs in right because you should be able to spin the cone anti clockwise about a quarter of the way before stopping, and not clockwise without forcing it.

 

[spangley_special]

dont worry about the gat if its a bad batch of paint any gun will smash it (except my lovely dm8 obviously)

 

[Tremor]

the cone at the moment spins about 360 degrees clockwise before stopping and then the same when twisting it back.

 

[Gassy]

When did you last change your detents ?

 

[sumo89]

your springs in wrong then.

 

[Panthro]

you need to lift the drive cone slightly to pop it over the lip to make sure the spring tension is right

 

[Kevy D]

Panthro beat me to it ;-)

Yeah you'll need to "wind the spring"

Video instruction here:

 

[Tremor]

changed my detents yesterday too try and stop the chopping.
The thing that gets me is a teammate with a ego 7 was shooting it fine.

and there was 2/3 of us who couldnt get it too shoot, one shooting a dm6 and one a dm7...

Ill try replacing the drive cone again now too fix that, but that shouldnt be forcing the paint into the gun any faster if the spring isnt in correctly right?

tom

 

[sumo89]

it means it wont be keeping pressure on the stack properly