AK Gearbox

[Abbot]

Hey guys! My brother has a DE Ak47. Recently, it locked and wouldn't fire. He had me go through it, and instead of just unlocking it, I put some metal gears I had into it to replace the plastic ones. But it's got a pretty slow ROF. He wants to drop a new gearbox into it, but He doesn't want to spend the money yet. Instead of the gearbox, would putting in a new high torque motor fix the problem? The shell itself is plastic, along with the piston, piston head etc. What do you guys think?

[Da Vinci - Да Винчи]

I'm no pro tech, like most other guys here, but you'll probably want a metal shell just to make sure it doesn't rip itself apart. Battery, wires, and motor would probably be the first things to upgrade on it for ROF.

[Blag]

To be totally honest, it's not worth putting any money into this. If it has a plastic gearbox, shell, etc it is a generally a gun meant for children/beginners sold from a chain store. I would recommend just saving his money and searching the commerce section here for a cheaper AK. He can get into a Dboy or Cyma for around $90-110 if he keeps his eyes peeled.

When I first started years ago I had a Famas with plastic internals. I tried fixing it/upgrading it when it broke but ran into more problems down the road and a lot of parts weren't even compatible.

[Hound]

Yeah, I would just upgrade him completely to a metal internal(and external if possible) gun. It will be easier to upgrade and a better base gun. Like Blag said^