If your Gun needs repair?

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beerthief said:
OK second time this is asked , What gun and what problem ????????????????????????
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Sorry, I didn't see your first question. It's a Hatsan Piledriver but I'm not trying to call them out. So far they have done right by me but it sucks to get a new $1,000 gun only to have it break the first day and then fail a day after I got it back.
 
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Beer Nap said:
Sorry, I didn't see your first question. It's a Hatsan Piledriver but I'm not trying to call them out. So far they have done right by me but it sucks to get a new $1,000 gun only to have it break the first day and then fail a day after you get it back.
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send it back again till they get it right . are you sure you are not doing something to cause a problem ? (we still do not have a clue what the problem is ?)
Sorry if this sounds like i am being a wisea$$ im not , just trying to help
 
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beerthief said:
send it back again till they get it right . are you sure you are not doing something to cause a problem ? (we still do not have a clue what the problem is ?)
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When I got it all I did was cock it and then heard something rattling in it. A piece of the internals broke just from cocking it. When I got it back it had air in it. I set it on my bench after I cocked it to see if it broke again. The next day a O'ring popped out of its seat and it lost all air.

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Simplemann said:
I've been lucky and always have been able to repair my own guns (powder burners and air guns) with the help of online, books and of course Youtube. I have a decent collection of tools so there's that part of the battle, which if you're successful in the repair that will pay for the tools.
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I grew up repairing everything I owned but following instructions in books that covered it such as car repair Chilton books. Youtube almost makes it too easy to repair some stuff, I even soldered in new mosfits in control panels due to it. BTW, that's like soldering in half of a mouse turd. I just wish that manufactures would include self help vids.
 
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Beer Nap said:
When I got it all I did was cock it and then heard something rattling in it. A piece of the internals broke just from cocking it. When I got it back it had air in it. I set it on my bench after I cocked it to see if it broke again. The next day a O'ring popped out of its seat and it lost all air.

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ok now we (AGN) have something to go on and a picture . IF you are confident to change out the o ring , i would do that . Maybe air it up and see how long it takes to drain and also soap that area to make sure that is what is leaking . before you send it back . To me it looks like a "to fast " repair job
 
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beerthief said:
ok now we (AGN) have something to go on and a picture . IF you are confident to change out the o ring , i would do that . Maybe air it up and see how long it takes to drain and also soap that area to make sure that is what is leaking . before you send it back . To me it looks like a "to fast " repair job
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Agreed with what you said but I assume that as soon as I work on it then the warrantee is void. I was even worried about just taking the stock off. If I was to fix it I assume that the barrel has to come off first. I have no idea if it is threaded or not since the exploded parts pics don't show threads on it. Like I said before, it would be great if manufacturers had detailed repair instructions. To me it seems like I would need to unscrew the barrel so that I could unscrew that first air block to get at the O-ring. Funny, guns come with replacement O-rings but no instructions as to how the properly replace them.
 
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Beer Nap said:
Agreed with what you said but I assume that as soon as I work on it then the warrantee is void. I was even worried about just taking the stock off. If I was to fix it I assume that the barrel has to come off first. I have no idea if it is threaded or not since the exploded parts pics don't show threads on it. Like I said before, it would be great if manufacturers had detailed repair instructions. To me it seems like I would need to unscrew the barrel so that I could unscrew that first air block to get at the O-ring. Funny, guns come with replacement O-rings but no instructions as to how the properly replace
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you are right about the warrantee . I would send a detailed Email with the picture and ask for a return and a new gun replacement
 
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Beer Nap said:
I grew up repairing everything I owned but following instructions in books that covered it such as car repair Chilton books. Youtube almost makes it too easy to repair some stuff, I even soldered in new mosfits in control panels due to it. BTW, that's like soldering in half of a mouse turd. I just wish that manufactures would include self help vids.
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So true I agree on everything you stated (y)
 
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Chukar60 said:
I sent an FX Maverick back once because I had botched it up and could not figure out the problem. FX took care of it under warranty despite knowing the issue was caused by me. Turn around time was sufficiently fast but the wait drove me nuts.
Two things came from the experience. A spare gun and a vow to learn how to fix things myself. I have two “spare” guns now and can fix almost anything they throw at me if the need arises.
My mechanical skills are better than many but far from being advanced.
I would encourage anyone who has above average mechanical aptitude to learn to work on your own gun. It is very satisfying. However, if you lack mechanical skills I would suggest just sending it back to the factory or a competent repair center. The learning curve was steep for me and cost some money for parts when I got it wrong.
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I have a Maverick that just returned from warranty work. FX was absolutely fabulous in their repairs. They updated all the parts including the ones that were the cause of the problem. IE.- hammer, transfer port, put in new o-rings, regs, ….essentially made it a “new” gun. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
I’m a tinkerer and enjoy working on the guns I have. Lots of YouTube videos and reading have helped, on my compressors and my guns. I like to understand how things work.
 
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