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dsantos25 · June 28th, 02:04 PM

how do i take off the stock feedneck on the marker? i bought the q-lock for it and im having a really hard time taking of the stock feedneck....

thanks

***onesikpup*** · June 28th, 10:09 PM

its really really hard to do. first, you must decide if you want to keep the old feedneck or not.....not keeping it makes it signifigantly easier to take off (since you dont have to worry about damaging it).

(instructions for NOT keeping it)
first, remove the breech and feedneck from all other parts.
next, get a heat gun or hair dryer or something to heat it up with. (leasther gloves may also come in handy....so you dont burn yourself)
take a monkey wrench (preferably a large one) and twist it off.
iother options...a bench vise will work (that is how i got mine off...)
this will withyout a doubt **** it up completely

directions for KEEPING the old neck

same basic thing...you need heat and a strap wrench and a lot of patience. otherwise...you may have to take it to a professional.

the thing is...they are usually very hard to get off and will no doubt take an excessive amount of force.

**Tomba** · June 28th, 10:26 PM

yea, just dont try to save the stock feedneck it will be easier on urself

**Sittin_duk** · June 29th, 12:12 AM

Mine was actually very easy to get off, I just put the hopper on and the hopper got stuck in it, and the feedneck unscrewed when I tried to twist the hopper out. By the way, don't put your halo/reloader B into the stock feedneck, not without taking the top o-ring out. Very bad idea.

**Mortisdeum** · June 29th, 12:50 AM

Have you tried using a strap wrench?

Great little tool because It will not scratch or damage most feed necks and regs. Also it will work with odd shaped parts too.

dsantos25 · June 29th, 09:47 AM

thanks guys i got the feedneck out. took me a while but i got it. thanks again

**freakpizzaboy** · July 8th, 12:39 PM

i need help, WHERE do you heat it exactly, i dont want to screw up my gun, do i have to take the breach out?

***onesikpup*** · July 8th, 02:51 PM

you have to remove everything until you are left with the breech and feedneck, which isnt really that hard. you want to heat up the breech, which will cause the metal to expand and simultaneously melt the loctite (somewhat). thus making it easier to remove the feednack with just a strap wrench.

**haydenb08** · July 10th, 01:06 PM

ya i just took one of those jar opener things and twisted like there was no tomorrow and i was good to go

**freakpizzaboy** · July 10th, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by haydenb08

ya i just took one of those jar opener things and twisted like there was no tomorrow and i was good to go

BEEN trying it, my hand hurts like a ***** even through thats on there, im weary on the whole blow dry thing though, ill just bring it to a proshop or w/e

spyderkid101 · July 12th, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sittin_duk

Mine was actually very easy to get off, I just put the hopper on and the hopper got stuck in it, and the feedneck unscrewed when I tried to twist the hopper out. By the way, don't put your halo/reloader B into the stock feedneck, not without taking the top o-ring out. Very bad idea.

Hah, that happened to me too.

***onesikpup*** · July 12th, 11:32 PM

yall just got lucky.... i had to break mine off and pick the remnants out of the threading in the breech before i could put a new one on.....i guess thats just the price you pay when you pre-order an un-established product (i got ion #3508)

**freakpizzaboy** · July 13th, 06:33 AM

yea im going to bring it to a proshop... now that onesikpup has scared me into throwing remains all over my gun (i bought an ion very early also)

spyderkid101 · July 13th, 09:25 AM

Why, are the newer ions like updated or something? I just got mine like two weeks ago. At the time I didn't even want the feedneck to come off and it just unscrewed when I was twisting off my egg. So the next time I played I just bought a q-lock.

dsantos25 · July 13th, 10:25 PM

i just cut a big enough piece of rubber off the inflatable object inside a bycicle tire. rapped it around the feedneck. the piece of rubber served as grip for when i twisted the feedneck with a vise grip.

**burningcow422** · July 14th, 07:29 PM

I crushed mine in a vice and just twisted the gun around to get it off. lol.

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