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russell_pta · January 6th, 02:00 PM

last time i assembled my marker, i didn't tighten the front most hollow screw that is by the barrel. you know the one with the hose attached to it that comes from the regulator, it's hollow. anyways i was cleaning my ion and when i was reassembling it, i overtightened that screw and it broke off so that there are no threads on the screw head and the shaft of the screw is still in the hole.

what do i do?

russell_pta · January 6th, 02:19 PM

ok, i got the worst part over with. i got the screw shaft out of my frame

it had a small metal piece sticking up, and i used that to unscrew it very carefully with the small allen wrench that comes with the gun.

i also found a 5/32 (4mm) banjo fitting on ebay for 7 bucks. this disaster didn't turn out to be too bad.

anyone know how to take off/ put on a new banjo fitting?

**splatwithhonor3** · January 6th, 03:15 PM

Just like a macro fitting. Press in the collar and pull out the hose.

**evolkers2003** · January 6th, 07:27 PM

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Just like a macro fitting. Press in the collar and pull out the hose.

Yes, its quite simple. If you press in the outer part into the main part of teh banjo it lets go of the hose and teh hose will slip right out with a little tug.

russell_pta · January 7th, 12:29 AM

wow, it was easy. same thing when i get the new one in? just squeeze it and push in?

**evolkers2003** · January 7th, 11:46 AM

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wow, it was easy. same thing when i get the new one in? just squeeze it and push in?

Yeah, pretty much. Im not even sure if you have too squeeze teh collar down. Just make sure its on there good.

**Brockocoli** · January 7th, 01:02 PM

yep, just push it on tight, and pull out a bit to make sure it is in there snug.

russell_pta · January 7th, 07:41 PM

sweet, thanks guys. i thought this would be a huge deal, but it seems not to be a big problem

***Nyarlothep13*** · January 9th, 02:02 AM

thats the beauty of the ion... it's just about idiot-proof lol (not calling you an idiot man, stuff happens, besides i have seen some TRUE idiots with these guns... it's ugly)

russell_pta · January 9th, 09:11 AM

:P ya, but i am still wondering what i would have done if that banjo fitting wouldn't have come out easy.

***NickBizzar*** · January 9th, 06:51 PM

Holy crap, this just happened to me yesterday, except the screw didn't come out easy and my brother had to take it to his work at a motorcycle performance place. Except mine was the one that hooks right next to the eye wiring harness/ eye. Thank god my brother worked there. It wouldn't have came out if he hadn't have worked there.

**evolkers2003** · January 9th, 09:41 PM

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Holy crap, this just happened to me yesterday, except the screw didn't come out easy and my brother had to take it to his work at a motorcycle performance place. Except mine was the one that hooks right next to the eye wiring harness/ eye. Thank god my brother worked there. It wouldn't have came out if he hadn't have worked there.

It happened to me once. The guys at SCP (Nick, in hudson) know how to take em out really fast. Did mine in a couple of minutes, but that could just have been because mine wasnt too bad. Of coarse tehy were the ones who broke it off in there too.

russell_pta · January 9th, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by evolkers2003

It happened to me once. The guys at SCP (Nick, in hudson) know how to take em out really fast. Did mine in a couple of minutes, but that could just have been because mine wasnt too bad. Of coarse tehy were the ones who broke it off in there too.

LOL good thing they knew how eh? im just glad it worked out for all of us, i was looking at new frames and stuff, they are like $100. but that was worse case scinerio of course.

**evolkers2003** · January 10th, 06:47 PM

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LOL good thing they knew how eh? im just glad it worked out for all of us, i was looking at new frames and stuff, they are like $100. but that was worse case scinerio of course.

Speaking of grip frames, this one dud had a ION w/ a UL frame and DYE hyper2 reg, it was awesome. I got the pic somewhere but dont feel like posting it. If you really want to see it go to mobzor.com and find my profile and look at my pictures, im pretty sure its in there.

***Nyarlothep13*** · January 12th, 02:22 AM

kinda off-subject but I found something kinda cool today, and it's cheap so i'm considering trying it just to see how it feels, but it is a little hump that attaches to your bottomline threads and adds a hump to the back of the frame to make it feel like a timmy-style clamshell

http://www.freewebs.com/thehump/

It looks like it would work, but we'll see

russell_pta · January 12th, 01:54 PM

looks cool, how much is it? personally i dont think i would like it, but you never know.

on a side note, i played yesterday, i got a new halo b hopper, and it is shooting blazing fast, i was ramping at 17bps. now i need to work on accuracy, i was flinging balls everywhere. any tips to improve the accuracy of a stock ion? anything will help, im thinking of getting a qev and freak barrel soon, are there any settings/speeds that seem to improve accuracy?

**evolkers2003** · January 12th, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by russell_pta

looks cool, how much is it? personally i dont think i would like it, but you never know.

on a side note, i played yesterday, i got a new halo b hopper, and it is shooting blazing fast, i was ramping at 17bps. now i need to work on accuracy, i was flinging balls everywhere. any tips to improve the accuracy of a stock ion? anything will help, im thinking of getting a qev and freak barrel soon, are there any settings/speeds that seem to improve accuracy?

Well, in teh stickys there might be a way to et your settings because i know they help everything a little bit. A freak is great, and for your own personal accuracy just practice. I won an accuracy challenge w/ my stock ION and i was going against EGOs, DM5s (it was 2005) and that type so it sreally your own accuracy, not the ions. Also that was completely stock, settings and all.

russell_pta · January 13th, 12:47 AM

wow that is nice

it just seems like my balls are tailing sometimes, you know curving sideways and stuff.

i guess i might try lowering my ball speed next time, it was 296-303 last time i checked it.

**evolkers2003** · January 13th, 04:36 PM

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wow that is nice

it just seems like my balls are tailing sometimes, you know curving sideways and stuff.

i guess i might try lowering my ball speed next time, it was 296-303 last time i checked it.

Turn your reg so the fps is low, adjust your settings, slowly increase your pressure unitll your in teh 280's. The curving could be due to teh fact that your using bad balls. I was using eliminators when i won that thing (they are great for the price) but now i shoot hellfire mostly. The only time my ION has been innacurate is when my feild got a bad batch of recsport. Recsport is great it was jus that one batch cause the were flying like you had broken paint. And it wasnt just in my ION, a karni (most accurate gun in the world

), DM4, and 06 timmy were all doing it that day w/ taht paint.