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soggybotttoms
03-25-2005, 07:54 PM
Just wondering how everyone here cleans their cyclone systems if you break a ball and it goes back in the feed system. I just took the whole sprocket out.
TippmannPhreak
03-26-2005, 01:07 PM
Just disassemble it, then wipe it down. Do not oil it, though! Oil will destroy your ratchet.
hummerking
03-26-2005, 01:42 PM
Originally posted by TippmannPhreak
Just disassemble it, then wipe it down. Do not oil it, though! Oil will destroy your ratchet.

yup, but i iol my rachet with hoppes #9 oil and it has lasted me 4 times longer than my buddy who never did. i've got about 8 or 9 cases thru my gun with the same rachet. my buddy only get 2 1/2 be fore it fails on him.
soggybotttoms
03-27-2005, 04:59 PM
what do u mean the ratchet can fail?
hummerking
03-27-2005, 05:19 PM
it wears down and the cyclone won't turn. it will eventually happen to you, when it does just call tippmann and ask for a new cyclone feed rachet.
soggybotttoms
03-27-2005, 06:27 PM
just call em? How will I know when this happens? Is it possible i retighten the screw too much?
senghing27
03-27-2005, 06:36 PM
Yep, u can wear down the ratchet. I trade my 98c look in sig, for his(now mine) a-5. He was going all crazy about how he screwed up the cyclone feed. Apparently, he over tightened the screw of the cyclone and broke the ratchet. I called up tippmann, and in 3 days got the ratchet and installed it. Thanks to tippmann for free. Alsohummerking it wears down and the cyclone won't turn. it will eventually happen to you, when it does just call tippmann and ask for a new cyclone feed rachet. So oil can screw up the ratchet?? Really, or are we talking about regular oil like wd-40, or paintball oil?? I hope the aci oil i've been using to oil it, haven't screwed it up.
senghing27
03-27-2005, 06:38 PM
Whoops, wrong quote. I dunno how to qute, but, i was trying to quote the quote.
hummerking
03-28-2005, 09:13 AM
also if u thighten the screws too much they can stick up and shred balls before they get to the chamber.
senghing27
03-28-2005, 09:57 AM
Easiest way to clean it, remove the cyclone feed tubing from it, the screw thats on the pushy thing. Remve it from the body half, bring it to the kitchen sink, use the hose spray thingy, and spray the cyclnone feed clean, presto.
hummerking
03-28-2005, 10:51 AM
Originally posted by senghing27
Easiest way to clean it, remove the cyclone feed tubing from it, the screw thats on the pushy thing. Remve it from the body half, bring it to the kitchen sink, use the hose spray thingy, and spray the cyclnone feed clean, presto.

then dry it completley, i use the compressor if i'm lazy.