Maintaining Your 98Custom

[A-5best]

A lot of people when they get a new marker are intimidated by it and dont want to open it up. This shouldn't be, in order for your marker to give you many years of faithful and trouble free service, you should take care of it regularly. For a tippmann 98custom it is extremely easy, i will show you 2 methods of maintaining your tippmann. A simple "after every time you shoot" method and a "every time you play" method.

**Tools Required**
All you need are some paper towels, a 1/8'' alllen key, and some good oil, i suggest Gold Cup or anything the like. Altho it is a good idea to have a kit of spare parts and tools to fix anything that could go wrong. I have one because i generally maintain both my friends as well as my Tippmann.
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**Every time used**
First what you will want to do is simply get some oil and place a few drops(2-3) into the ASA (Air Source Adapter),
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the front bolt hopper area,
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to get to this area push down on the front sght.
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and the back bolt slot.
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Use this method of oiling your Tippmann after every time you shoot a few hundred paintballs or so. After this you should dryfire the marker with air and without the barrel on, this helps spread it.

Please no one respond to this i have another page coming

[A-5best]

**After a days play**
First remove your air source and barrel, so your gun looks like this.
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Then first remove the 2 screws connecting the ASA, and then the 6 other screws, and pull the 2 reciever halfs apart. **Notice i suggest leaving the elbow on the marker for it prevents the spring from coming out**
Then pull up and remove the end cap and set it aside.
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then pull up on the linkage arm and take it out.
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Once that is done you can take out the front and back bolt,**Notice when you take the front bolt out be sure to mind the ball detent, and not to disturb it, this goes as well for putting the front bolt back in. If it does come out put it so the curved part faces the back bolt, think about how it has to catch and hold the ball.** Simply pull these out. Once you have that done wipe down the insides of each reciever half and wipe down all the parts you took out. Then put a drop or 2 of oil where the rear bolt goes,
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and where the front part goes, as well as where the linkage armgoes. **Notice when putting the parts back in make sure to rotate them a few times to ensure good oil spread** **Also Notice some people like to put the oil directly onto the parts themselves this is a good way to do it for the oil is directly applied to the part, either way is acceptable.**
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then insert the front and rear bolt again, make sure the ball detnet(the little orange thing) is where its supposed to go, right under the front bolt. Then reinsert the linkage arm as well as the endcap and spring. **Notice if the spring doesnt go in the twist the beavertail until it goes in.** then you are ready to put the 2 reciever halfs together again and then reinsert the screws and tighten them. Then cock it and shoot it a few times and whala you just took apart and cleaned your Tippmann. See it wasn't nearly as hard as you thought it was right?

If anyone has anything to add to it, pm me.

[A-5best]

ok ill try and resize the pics. Okie dokie now i added what you said Eladamri

[Eladamri]

It looks good, much better with the smaller pics. I have a few small suggestions. First, you may want to mention to shoot the marker several times without the barrel after oiling the marker. This prevents oil from getting in your barrel and affecting accuracy. Secondly, I prefer to actually oil the front and rear bolts and the linkage arm themselves rather then putting the oil on the reciever like you suggest. IMO oiling the actual parts ensure that all of the individual part recieves oil and not just a portion of it. Overall a good job.

[A-5best]

Alright i just asked turumbar to put this in the ultimate.

[ghilliesnipe]

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