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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » Diana Mod.34 spring replacement    View previous topic :: View next topic  Diana Mod.34 spring replacement   Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:54 am jgoodz420 Member Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: Canada I recently had this gun brought to me as the owner noticed it not shooting as it normally did. I took a few shots with it and about the 4-5 shot it jammed on the cocking stroke and did not cock, maybe a inch or two short of where it needed to be. I was assuming it was the spring, and removing the stock verified this... The gun was used a decent amount of times with this broken spring as it was jammed into the rear spring guide... Here is the broken spring, and the Vortek replacement spring that was used in its place... The seal was in decent condition, but owner said for the money the seal costs I might as well replace it while its apart...a Vortek replacement seal was used Against my advice the owner only allowed me to buy and install the spring and seal in opposition to the entire tune kit, his choice, obviously, at a $59 increase in just parts. As I suspected the rear spring guide was no longer up for the task, and under the pressure of the new spring, it split right where the smaller tube meets the spring seat I knew it was no good, but I guess the rear spring guide will only be a few dollars... _________________ Air Arms EV2 Mk3 AF Condor .25/.22 Custom Crosman 1377 Crosman Quest 1000 Crosman Pumpmaster LE #1178 of 5000 Daisy Powerline 2003 Daisy Red Ryder 25th. Anni. LE #335 of 1500 Vostok Model 38 .177   Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:16 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6930 Location: "Out There" The owner didn't hear the grinding/dragging and scraping noises this likely was making when the spring broke?   Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:32 am jgoodz420 Member Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: Canada AirGunEric wrote: The owner didn't hear the grinding/dragging and scraping noises this likely was making when the spring broke? I guess not, he told me that "one day it just lost power" The other weird part is that the biggest section of the spring was still functioning and the first few shots I took with the rifle it felt fine, the velocity was low at 650FPS with light pellets, but I thought it was the seal. Then after about 3-4 more shots I felt it jam while cocking it, I knew that probably the spring wound into itself... It's weird how some people will come to you for help, listen to what you have to say, then not follow your advice I told the guy that rear spring guide needed to be replaced, and advised him to just buying the Vortek tune kit as it would improve the rifle beyond a new spring/seal anyway. But no, he did not want to do that, on the 9-10 shot I heard a really funky twang after taking a shot......bang, rear sping guide snaps right where the small tube meets the spring seat _________________ Air Arms EV2 Mk3 AF Condor .25/.22 Custom Crosman 1377 Crosman Quest 1000 Crosman Pumpmaster LE #1178 of 5000 Daisy Powerline 2003 Daisy Red Ryder 25th. Anni. LE #335 of 1500 Vostok Model 38 .177   Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:34 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6930 Location: "Out There" Welcome to doing repairs for other people. Sometimes, doing it "your" way and not the way the customer would like it done is really the only way. You can refuse the work if you suspect it will cause you extra effort, irritation and conflict with the customer when things don't go perfectly. I have had issues with this as well- but have finally given up and tell people- "it's this way, or go somewhere else". They may not like the fact their repair is more than $10- but at least the repair will be complete and do its job so they don't have more issues in the near future. Just as an example, I gave up selling individual parts for Crosman springer repairs- it just confused alot of people and took alot of extra talking about nothing to have some customers determine what they really needed- so all the required parts for such work became a "kit"- if someone wants only one part separate from a "kit"- I will sell it, but will not offer it up if not asked directly.   Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:40 pm jgoodz420 Member Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 74 Location: Canada AirGunEric wrote: Welcome to doing repairs for other people. Sometimes, doing it "your" way and not the way the customer would like it done is really the only way. You can refuse the work if you suspect it will cause you extra effort, irritation and conflict with the customer when things don't go perfectly. I have had issues with this as well- but have finally given up and tell people- "it's this way, or go somewhere else". They may not like the fact their repair is more than $10- but at least the repair will be complete and do its job so they don't have more issues in the near future. Just as an example, I gave up selling individual parts for Crosman springer repairs- it just confused alot of people and took alot of extra talking about nothing to have some customers determine what they really needed- so all the required parts for such work became a "kit"- if someone wants only one part separate from a "kit"- I will sell it, but will not offer it up if not asked directly. Very true, that makes sense... I think the customer now see`s that I was right, as he waits patiently for a new spring guide to come in, and for me to take apart the gun again... _________________ Air Arms EV2 Mk3 AF Condor .25/.22 Custom Crosman 1377 Crosman Quest 1000 Crosman Pumpmaster LE #1178 of 5000 Daisy Powerline 2003 Daisy Red Ryder 25th. Anni. 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