The bear trap on my TX200HC engages but the safety does not set which means it does not make a full stroke when cocking with the Vortek PG4 kit installed. When I install the OEM kit back in all works well. My HW97k with the Vortek PG4 kit works flawlessly. Amy suggestions?
Tuning Vortek PG4 TX200HC ISSUES
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You might also check to see if there's an extra washer / spacer stuck at the bottom of the compression tube. I don't know the history of your rifle, but if it's second hand, someone may have put a spacer in there for more compression. It's very hard to see them, even with a flashlight. The best technique, which I learned from Nitrocrushr, is to put a little thick grease on the top hat (which is mounted on your spring), and push it (the spring with the top hat) down into the tube until it bottoms out, then lift it back out. If there's a spacer down there, that should bring it back out.
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Hope you get it fixed. It has to be a spacing issue. Either the spring is hitting coil bind, or the guide is too long.
Make extra double sure you got all the factory spacers out of the piston before you installed it.
Lots of trouble with Vortek kits lately.........
Make extra double sure you got all the factory spacers out of the piston before you installed it.
Lots of trouble with Vortek kits lately.........
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Pull the spring out of the Vortek kit and try pushing the piston into the trigger block by hand to see if the guide is too long. If I remember correctly turn the spring clockwise while pulling on it to remove from the guide. I had one kit that the guide was too long. If that is your case just sand a little off the end of the guide.
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I have installed two of these this year, and they now shoot like lasers, but the springs were two long. I had to cut about 1 1/2 to 2 coils off. They still produce about 14 1/2 fpe and are super smooth. I am certain this is your issue.
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Exactly.
Especially when they claim "drop in tuning" to set themselves apart from the other well known kits with a 30 year track record.
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Not aTX200 and not a Vortek kit but when I was putting a Maccari tune kit for in my HW95 I had this same problem. Instead of using his full kit I wanted to use his spring , top hat and his preload washers but use the factory bottom spring guide. Put it all together go to cock it and it wouldn’t cock or should I say you could cock it but it wouldn’t latch. Took several times of taking it apart and putting it together before I realized that the factory spring guide was longer than the one provided with the Maccari one. Cut a few mm off the end and it worked like a charm. Have since just went back to using his spring guide anyway but still a lesson learned.
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I had a similar issue with my two older RWS 45s. I tried to install top hats with different springs in each and both wouldn't latch when I tried to cock them. I removed the top hats and that fixed the problem. When I installed the PG4 12lbs kit in my 97 I set the adjustable top hat in the lowest position and installed one of the brass washers. The firing cycle was harsh so I removed it and this cleared up any problems.
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I called Vortek and they told me to cut some of the coil. If I wanted to send it to them I had to pay for shipping THERE AND $10 to ship BACK! How is that fair?
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Cutting a coil or two off is no big deal, but I agree with you. If you bought it through PA then send it back and get your money back. It was supposed to be a drop in kit and that it clearly is not.
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That sucks! Before cutting any coils try removing the tophat first. That alone might give enough clearance but check for any vibration or twang. If there's none your done if there is then you'll have to cut coil(s). The open coil design of the newer kits will make this pretty easy but agree should not have to be done and Vortek should make it right at no extra cost IMO.
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I cut a full coil and it worked. I got to be honest though the OEM spring kit seems of higher quality to me
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I ordered a kit for my TX200HC and it was very hard to cock. As suggested by Vortek I cut two coils and now works great. I ordered directly from Vortek.
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