So, you know how there is that tiny rubber tube that pushes down through the rubber in your hop-up chamber, that gives the hop-up effect? You know how easy it is to lose that bit of rubber? And then it costs a couple dollars for a replacement, as well as waiting for shipping from wherever you buy it.
Big Annoyance, right?
So, take the swing-arm off of your Hop-Up unit. there is a little cup there, right?
Open up a Big Pen, and cut a little bit off of the end of the Pen, or get a length of copper wire from your garage (or hell, whatever you want that is about the right size).
Cut it so that it fits right inside that little cup, then polish the ends (so that it will not run any danger of damaging the rest of your hop-up rubber).
Then put your hop-up chamber back together. when you put your barrel back in (if you took it out!), you should be able to see the bucking pushing down into the barrel.
Now, if you do this, your hop-up is going to be a little more sensitive, because there will not be as much 'give' (the copper wire or pen cutting does not compress quite the same as the rubber).
That should get you back in the game, and you can always order a replacement hop up rubber later, or put it on a friends order, or leave it be. Does it really matter?
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You say:
the hop-up makes me go in circles...
You say:
hehe it's all good
You say:
Care to explain to me what's going on here
I say:
ok - the red part - thats the part you can replace. that is what actually makes the hop-up work
I say:
the green is the rubber tube that fits between the barrel and the chamber
I say:
and the rest is the chamber, and swing arm. The swing arm is the part that cups over top of the red part.
You say:
Oh, I see
I say:
as the swing arm moves, it pushes the bucking (red part) down, making for more backspin on the round
You say:
So the red part rotates or does it just sit there?
I say:
the red is pushed down by the swing arm
You say:
and so when the round (bb) is pushed through the cylinder the red part nudges it into a backspin?
I say:
the red part just sits in the cup on the swing arm. when the bb is pushed up into the cylinder, the air pushes it forward, the red part puts preasure on the top of the bb, so that it the bb has to rotate to pass the red part
I say:
like a wheel
You say:
oh, I see!
I say:
so, as it continues to move, it has this spin on it
I say:
do you play pool?
You say:
Yes
I say:
its like putting top or bottom english on a ball
You say:
Ohhh! God Alex, you are so Brilliant! This makes perfect sense now!