Is it Worth it to Upgrade?

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Is it Worth it to Upgrade?

Post by Spectre649 » Sat Dec 26, 2015 3:37 pm

For Christmas I got an Umarex g-36x. Compared to my other guns (a cheap spring gun and an LPEG) my new gun is wonderful, but I can tell the gearbox needs to be shimmed. I was wondering if I should (or even could) shim the gearbox. Thank you.

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Re: Is it Worth it to Upgrade?

Post by Doublewolf » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:33 am

The gearbox should definitely be shimmed. I destroyed the first gun I ever tried to take apart, though. It's probably a good idea to practice on an old broken gun first, or get an experienced player/tech to help you. You can likely find a broken V2 gearbox on eBay for cheap.

These videos should be useful:
http://www.aosc.us/forums/viewtopic.php ... =tech+tips

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Re: Is it Worth it to Upgrade?

Post by Spectre649 » Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:09 pm

Thanks Doublewolf! I will try to shim my LPEG first so I'll have at least a little bit of experience and don't completely kill my new gun.

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