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[innof]

Okay, Very Good I take it then that the cut off lever is siutated inside the gearbox?

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by innof

Okay, Very Good I take it then that the cut off lever is siutated inside the gearbox?

Yup. Makes contact with the sector gear (gear that contacts the piston).

[Skladfin]

lol was this cleaned?

edit: wait, i was thinking of the other thread lawl

[innof]

Yes, it was cleaned and I did notice a small hook like protrusion which I assumed interfaced with the sector gear but, as I had outlined earlier, I am not familiar with neither the proper terminology nor the actual components; Was a safe bet on my behalf to rebuild the gearbox according the the V2 video on mechbox.com even though it was not specific to an Armalite unit?

[Skladfin]

no i meant the thread itself haha

[innof]

so, was it a good idea to use the mchbox.com V2 video for rebuilding my Armalite gearbox?

[Gigaknight]

Originally Posted by innof

Yes, it was cleaned and I did notice a small hook like protrusion which I assumed interfaced with the sector gear but, as I had outlined earlier, I am not familiar with neither the proper terminology nor the actual components; Was a safe bet on my behalf to rebuild the gearbox according the the V2 video on mechbox.com even though it was not specific to an Armalite unit?

V2 boxes fit in a lot of guns, the things that differentiate between models would be stuff like the porting on cylinders, nozzles, selector plates; stuff like that. Aside from that, if you know how to reassemble one V2, you know how to assemble them all.

Also, Skladfin was talking about the thread I caused a bit of a ruckus in, heh heh... As I mentioned before, if you have any questions or need help with your mechbox, I can help you out in person.

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by innof

so, was it a good idea to use the mchbox.com V2 video for rebuilding my Armalite gearbox?

Yes. An armalite mechbox is V2. And there's not much differences to different versions anyway.

[innof]

(i send you a message gigaknight)

[innof]

The most difficult part for me was aligning the sector gear to that "critical" 1:00 o'clock position; Just how perfect does that actually have to be?

[Skladfin]

not that perfect...

[innof]

Okay, that actually makes me feel better since this was my first time putting that gearbox back together

[innof]

I suppose that my last question would have to be how important is the shimming to overall functionality / performance/

[Gigaknight]

Shimming is INCREDIBLY important; the gears have to mesh perfectly as to ensure they perform at their peak and I think there's something about misaligned teeth causing stress or something; I don't know I use modular gears so I don't have to worry about shimming.

I'm so fucking lazy!

[innof]

I suppose then someone here needs to kindly explain how to determine / verify whether the shimming was properly performed; Is there a special or particular technique? Thanx.