Need help with my AK

[DUNCAN]

I have been having problems with my AK for the past few weeks.  I am getting severely pissed at it cause I cannot find out what is causing the problems, but here is what happens:

In semi-auto mode, it will shoot 1 bb, then 2 bbs the next round, then 1 bb again, continually repeating this cycle.

In automatic mode, I am most concerned about the gun because it will shoot maybe 1 out of every three shots, just randomly dry firing while a full clip is still attached.

I hate to see my gun like this , but I have narrowed the problem down to the gearbox, maybe the position of the front nipple thing, the clip and other parts surrounding are working well.  I am at a loss right now I have taken apart and put back together the gearbox multiple times and I'd hate to do it again without fixing anything.  Please, anyone with knowledge about problems like this, I would appreciate your input, thank you.

[Bigmack]

kinda sounds like the tappet plate...or the air nozzle...

that's the only thing i can think of thatwould do something like that.

[Robo]

my sig was doing something like that at op:blackhawk down. when i got home i adjusted the pressure iof the motor going into the gears and i fixed it.  hopefully yours is something as simple as that.

[DUNCAN]

what do you mean adjust the pressure of the motor into the gears?  You mean don't put the motor so close to the gears

Oy, I hate gearboxes!!

[Viking]

Duncan look on page 8 of your owners manual at the bottom, follow the steps and see if it still misfires, this is what Robo is speaking of.

[Bigmack]

"pressure of the motor"
he's talking about that little hex screw on the bottom of the pistol grip...tightening it pushes the motor in twards the gears.

i hadto do some jaxxing with it on the M4 this weekend...
when i had it properly installed, the motor refused to turn or spin up..
so i loosened the screw 3 or 4 turns and it ran perfect.
so i jury rigged a spacer to fit under the baseplate....gun runs fine now.


edit: thought of something else...could be your tappet plate spring...not pushing BB's into the breech correctly.

[DUNCAN]

I don't happen to have an owners manual, but I will check out my motor, and if a tightening or loosening of the hex doesn't work, then I'll probably check out the air nozzle again. Thanks for all the input

also, I don't exactly know what a tappet plate is that pushes in the bbs, please enlighten me on where that is  , sorry if I sound stupid, but I don't usually memorize the names of the pieces that I mess with, I just basically know how to put it together and take it apart correctly

[Bigmack]

tappet plate is the black piece that attaches to the air nozzle.  gear pulls it back, spring pulls it forward, chambering a BB.

edit:  and it's alright...we all know that Bigmack knows all about Airsoft.    ;D

[DUNCAN]

thank you Bigmack  , yes, I have had problems with that, where it was not attached to the nozzle, and it wouldn't load bbs, I hope it didn't fall off again, but that may just be the problem, Keller helped me fix that damn thing three times already.  Is there a way that tappet plates can get stripped?  It just seems to fall after I put it in the groove and everything.

Anyways, it will be about two weeks til I can go back, take a look at it and possibly fix it because its not with me right now, thanks again for the information  

[Bigmack]

heh...just superglue the bastage on....    ;D

[DUNCAN]

hmmmm....*scratches chin*