Technical information

Practical A.E.G Upgrade 2006

What will happen with improper shimming?

And what should I do to remedy the problem?

With incorrect shimming (being too loose), at least one of your gears (the sector

gear in particular) will break within one or two rounds of hi-cap. If shimming has

been overly done (too tight), the gears will not break but your motor and your

battery will get hot quickly. You will also experience frequent lock up and will run

out of battery power very fast.

If several teeth of the sector gear go broken after 600 shots, you will need to

re-shim again in such a way that the sector gear and the spur gear can come

closer to each other. If the motor is eating up battery power like there is no

tomorrow, check the shimming on the bevel gear and the spur gear. When you

re-shim any one gear, also double check shimming on the rest.