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mcguyver · March 26th, 2006, 11:08

Look at the amount of grease used and where it is applied. Lithium is a very sticky grease with good surface tension. It will coat your gears and mostly stay there forever. However, if you used too much, especially on the back side of the spur and bevel gears, it can add so much resistance to the turning of those gears as to make one think that the mechbox is over-shimmed. This could be your problem.

As far as shims go, any guides that tell you how to shim and which ones go where should be used for toilet paper and nothing else. The number of shims, where they go and what size to use depends on the mechbox, bushing and gear combimations. There is no right answer to exactly how many get used, and I've done some boxes with less than six and some with almost 20 shims.

The EG700 has to be the best Marui motor out there. It can turn a 190% PDI spring in my SPR/a at 15 rnds/sec shooting 450+ fps with a 9.6v 2100mah battery. So I don't think that is a problem for your gun.

And as stated before by myself and others, there is ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING AS GEAR TIMING. It has to be the biggest myth in airsoft.

March 26th, 2006, 11:08	#5
mcguyver Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Northern Alberta	Look at the amount of grease used and where it is applied. Lithium is a very sticky grease with good surface tension. It will coat your gears and mostly stay there forever. However, if you used too much, especially on the back side of the spur and bevel gears, it can add so much resistance to the turning of those gears as to make one think that the mechbox is over-shimmed. This could be your problem. As far as shims go, any guides that tell you how to shim and which ones go where should be used for toilet paper and nothing else. The number of shims, where they go and what size to use depends on the mechbox, bushing and gear combimations. There is no right answer to exactly how many get used, and I've done some boxes with less than six and some with almost 20 shims. The EG700 has to be the best Marui motor out there. It can turn a 190% PDI spring in my SPR/a at 15 rnds/sec shooting 450+ fps with a 9.6v 2100mah battery. So I don't think that is a problem for your gun. And as stated before by myself and others, there is ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING AS GEAR TIMING. It has to be the biggest myth in airsoft. __________________ Age verifier Northern Alberta Democracy is two wolves and a sheep discussing what's for dinner. Freedom is the wolves limping away while the sheep reloads. Never confuse freedom with democracy.