how do i cure?

[no-infernomark]

ok got a 06 shocker with he kit, blackheart board, im experiencing first shot drop off, its pretty bad, sometimes the first shot wont even happen until i turn the eyes off and then fire and turn eyes back on,

any one know the remedy for this?


cheers all

 

[Karlito]

i know this is normally the answer, but have you tried a new battery??
team i used to play for had shockers and this happened a bit as well.
alternatively, i'd ring smart parts and ask them what to do.

 

[no-infernomark]

yeah i changed the battery! does anyone know if shockers are quite sensitive to weather cause im now at home just tried it, and no problems? could be a one off maybe?

 

[lemonadeX]

What lube are you using for the bolt?

 

[Skeet]

What lube are you using for the bolt?

You should be using Shocker Lube (DOW33) or Sleek as it has been re-branded at SP.
This is the best for all Spool Valve guns (DM, PM, Shocker, Ion etc) in teh winter months.

There may be an FSDO setting on your board which you can increase to compenstae for "stickyness".

 

[John C]

Make sure all the orings on the bolt and bolt guide are well greased. But not too well greased because that can cause problems too. How much grease you need will be down to the tolerances in your particular shocker.

For example, I had a RL NXT shocker here, where the grooves for the bolt guide orings were cut too deep, so after about 50 shots the orings would lose their grease and therefore their ability to seal. The solution was to use Dow 55 (proper oring grease) to fatten up the seals.

FSDO is caused by orings being too sticky rather than not sealing, so that wont work in your case.

After giving it a thorough greasing check your board settings and increase the Anti Bolt stick setting (if it has one) and/or the dwell.

 

[no-infernomark]

i got shocker lube which i will use, the blackheart does have a fsdo setting how much am i meant to increse it by? 1-2 or in bits of 5

 

[Skeet]

i got shocker lube which i will use, the blackheart does have a fsdo setting how much am i meant to increse it by? 1-2 or in bits of 5

Strip and re grease the gun...then next time you use it in teh cold..set it up and increase teh FSDO setting until it doesnt do it...dont go too far, or you may have a hot gun over teh chrono

 

[John C]

Just keep increasing it until your FSDO goes away.

If your shocker is setup correctly, extra dwell will have minimal effect on the velocity of the paintball.
So at worst you lose a little efficiency if FSDO is too high.

 

[no-infernomark]

cheers guys, will try it a clean first then follow your recommendations etc


awesome service as always thanks gents