few newbie question bout the ion

[joeyarmstrong]

okay guys needing you help yet again!
ive got an ion with a cp clamping, i want to take it off to clean but when i turn it it just keeps turning?

is this normal?
do i have to take the body apart to get at it??

cheers!

 

[Gibbsey]

does it tighten back up?

sounds like you may have threaded it? although i dont know too much about ions

 

[Skeet]

undo the allen key on the feedneck, and keep going so it opens up...gently prise it apart and pop the ring off, put something syitable through the gaps and turn...if that is the type.

 

[joeyarmstrong]

Originally posted by Skeet
undo the allen key on the feedneck, and keep going so it opens up...gently prise it apart and pop the ring off, put something syitable through the gaps and turn...if that is the type.

im trying to take the whole feedneck off the ion.
or have i misunderstood what your saying?

cheers

 

[Skeet]

Some feednecks have a rotating collar at teh top, if you look inside, there should be splits in teh actual feed neck part. If you take the colar off, as described, you will be left with teh feed neck with maybe 8 slots in teh top, that compress to clamp teh hopper in...put something (kitchen knife) through two slots opposite each other, and gently turn, it should come loose...or...clamp something in there and turn that...dont use an eggy, coz it will break!

 

[Mikey D]

Best way ive found, put your hopper in as tight as you can and turn it anti-clockwise. Or dont take it off, use a q-tip or even better, I use an allen key and put some tissue over the end of it to get in the tight spaces

 

[joeyarmstrong]

cheers skeet. done, didnt need to take the whole thing off the end, just the collar.

cheers for the advice mike.

 

[joeyarmstrong]

wait!!!
ive just encountered a problem. but instead of doing a new thread id just thought id post it here.

right i stripped my ion down after playing sunday for the first time ever. did it without the manual as someone has still to send me off these boards when i brought the gun off them at campaign cup

right after putting it back together it was fine untill the gun wouldnt fire properly.
you know when you got a flat battery and you get a quick shhh of air but the gun doesnt fire properly, well i was getting that unregularly when i was firing strings. i replaced the battery with the one closest to me and it was fine....but the gun seemed to switch off all by itself when i pressed the on/off buttom to change into/out of eyes.

im not sure if this is a problem with a gun or what but i dont got any air left to check.

so does it sound like the battery? maybe a pinched wire?

any other possibilities??


cheers again guys, sorry bout the long post.
just trying to get as much detail in as possible.

cheers

 

[b0ned0me]

errr... the same button that switches the eyes also switches the gun on/off. Maybe you just held the button down a fraction longer than you intended and switched it off?

If you can still switch it on/off and cycle it between eye modes then all is OK, and you don't need air to check that.

And yes, they do get stroppy when the battery is running low, so you were right to swap that out.

Sounds like having the manual would be really helpful to you. So maybe you should dowload the PDF version from here

 

[Equinox]

as bonedome said, sounds like you were pressing the on off button too long, it only needs one quick press to turn the eyes off.
(instead of 1 quick blink, it will do 2 quick blinks..)