bobbunny
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Post by bobbunny on Jun 5, 2013 14:13:48 GMT -5
So after trading away my HFC Darkhawk for a WA 1911 with 4 leaky mags, I find that I am powerless to fix them. The thing next to the black mag came out of one of the silver ones, and I suspect another is in a rattling silver one. The black one and two of the silver ones came without a base plate over the gas valve (near the lip of the mag). None of these mags hold gas, and I can't seem to get the pins out to disassemble them (Seems like the previous owner thought expanding foam was a good idea...). Just asking, any advice to give?
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Post by Jazzman on Jun 5, 2013 14:22:09 GMT -5
Have you read the WA/TM mag maintenance thread? That might be a start.
Do they hold gas at all or just leak out right away?
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Post by bobbunny on Jun 5, 2013 14:31:14 GMT -5
Read it, but the disassemble guide is on single stack 1911's.
Doesn't hold gas at all.
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Post by bobbunny on Jun 6, 2013 12:27:49 GMT -5
New discovery! All the gas that goes in, instantly goes out near the lip of the mag. Seems like the part that shoots gas out to propel the BB.
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Post by MayhemXXXFrosty (AndrewMp5k) on Jun 6, 2013 19:20:25 GMT -5
Most likely your valves are bad or the o-rings in them are bad. I've had WE magazine valves that tend to like to get stuck wide open because people run strictly propane and don't properly add silicone oil to the propane adapter or don't lube their stuff regularly.
You should be able to punch the bottom pins out. You have to punch them out towards the appropriate side though since the pins should have the rough area on one side so if you punch them out away from the rough area, they'll be hard as hell to punch out that way because that rough area is supposed to stop the pins from going out on that side and also hold the pin inside the mag. So as long as you punch the pins out so that the rough area is coming out first, you should be alright.
Also, that gold part on the part next to the black mag is probably the gas tube. On my friends WE magazines they came loose. All you need to do is put them back into place on top of the bottom parts metal guide, and glue them back into place (just a dab of glue will do, they don't need much). They tend to come off because of the pressure of the gas when you fill them.
So basically, punch the pins out (I don't know if WA's are like WE's, but there should be a screw in the bottom as well to take it out), then unscrew the valve and check it (you use a flat head and push the back valve in and unscrew it out, then lube it up and check to make sure it opens and closes).
Taking the bottom out will probably show you the gold gas tube guide is the part that's rattling inside. Unscrewing the valve and checking it will probably solve the magazines not holding gas assuming you can lube them and fix them if they will cooperate and the o-rings aren't shot.
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Post by Mles on Jun 13, 2013 20:29:41 GMT -5
2011 magazines aren't that different from 1911 ones (WA).
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