i have a friend who wants to put a new low pressure valve and bolt into his cocker. as a result will this mean it has to be retimed??
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Nope shouldn't need to be retimed.
I suggest resetting the pressures in your regs though, i.e. finding the peak.
Paul.
I suggest resetting the pressures in your regs though, i.e. finding the peak.
Paul.
It will need to be re-timed.
The only way to get the hammer out (which you need to do to get at the Jam nut to get the valve out) is to unscrew the sear lug (or screw it in - whichever).
Therefore you will need to re-time it once you put the hammer back in.
But, to be honest, if you are changing valves out retiming it isn't a big issue at all !!.
The only way to get the hammer out (which you need to do to get at the Jam nut to get the valve out) is to unscrew the sear lug (or screw it in - whichever).
Therefore you will need to re-time it once you put the hammer back in.
But, to be honest, if you are changing valves out retiming it isn't a big issue at all !!.
All you will have to do is adjust the sear lug position, as you have to take the hammer out which cannot be done without pulling the sear lug all the way up. Otherwise you don't have to change anything else except the vert reg settings as mentioned above. "Retime" is a bit of an exaggeration.
'spose, but i don't think a complete "re-time" is actually that big a deal.
All depends on your definition of what timing is!
But whichever way you cut it, getting a valve replacement right with spings balanced etc, is probably the hardest single thing in a cocker. So if you get that right you really shouldn't be worrying about timing the thing as that's not a big deal at all.
All depends on your definition of what timing is!
But whichever way you cut it, getting a valve replacement right with spings balanced etc, is probably the hardest single thing in a cocker. So if you get that right you really shouldn't be worrying about timing the thing as that's not a big deal at all.
Cheers guys. I should be getting a Madman spring kit as well which should help. Also, I have an ergo reg (i wont be fitting the valve, but) do you need a pressure gauge to change its pressure setting?
the setting of all initial pressures should be done purely on velocity, gauges will only really help you to adjust it "after the fact".
So it's not essential, no.
So it's not essential, no.
I wouldn't suggest putting a low pressure valve in. Big Headache. Unless you know exactly what you are doing don't. And I know you don't. Take it to a cocker tech to put it in. There are a few more reasons not to make a "low pressure" cocker. (There is no difference and your gun cycles at a slower rate.) You want a big difference in performance, go out and play paintball and stop trying you make your gun better. As long as you can shoot your gun fast there is no reason to change anything except cosmetic crap. I have a cocker running on 150 PSI and I would rather play with my stock STO. Well I did some things to it but all the pneumatics and internals are stock.