does anyone have pics of damaged Vulcan poppets ?
didn’t want to hijac any other threads so thought I’d just start a new one to ask.
I’ve seen a few people mention Vulcans that have dumped air due to damaged valve poppets, and even a couple who have mentioned broken or cracked poppet stems.
I have a friend who’s Vulcan has also suffered from a rapid air dump, and I am suspecting the same thing has probably happened.
I have not taken the gun apart yet to verify, if in fact this is the cause, but I’m confident it is quite likely. It will probably be another week or so before I have the gun and the time to open it up.
I know that I can get replacement poppets from Earnest Rowe, and I have sent him an email. He has responded and is out of the country for another week or so, so it will take a little while to get them from him. no worries there.
I would greatly appreciate it if any of you who have experienced a failed Vulcan poppet would post up a pic of it here, to better give me an idea of what I will be inspecting for.
My buddy actually has 2 Vulcans. One of them was a gift to his 85 year old father, who has only shot the gun a couple of times and he is absolutely loving it.
If these poppets are a known common problem, then we will most likely want to replace the one in his fathers gun too,… before it fails on him during one of our fun shoots.
thanks for and pics and/or any advise/details you can provide.
Cheers,
Ron
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Gerty,
Kris is just jerkin’ your chain! Didn’t you notice the emoticon… If he was really pizz’d he’d have used this one: :angrymob:
who the fuck are you anyway
:rofl:
Kris,
I am just a guy who enjoys the sport, trying to learn about these particular guns, and trying to help out a friend.
Sorry if I stepped on any toes.
Notice the groove… That in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, but if you look closely, you will see that it is not uniform. It has cuts/grooves that run across the groove that are not concentric… THAT’s the problem… classic gas cut seat…
Hope this helps.
i posted the picture of a new one. in another thread. so you know how it should look like.
who the fuck are you anyway
:rofl:
Thank you Charlie,
I look forward to seeing the pics you or anyone might be able to share.
Hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Ron, I will see if I can get the lighting to where I can show you the damage on my stem when I get home this evening (I’m in Central US time). I can’t even see it very well without a magnifying glass, but my camera may be able to pull it out with its eyes better than my tired old eyes. I’ll post to this thread if I am successful.
Charlie
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no worries no harm, Yeah, I know he was just playing around, no offence taken.
Just trying to learn what I can and play nice.
Thanks , it’s all good
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