Maintenance: The main maintenance is cleaning after usage to avoid dirt
build up on the bolt and trigger. When the LED blinks red after it is turned on, the
battery has to be changed.
Sudden inconsistency in shots usually means the battery is low. Always change
the battery if the guns performance decreases mysteriously. If you borrow a
battery from a buddies bag “that doesn’t get it”. Batteries have a mAh rating.
Batteries that are close to or over the 1,000-mAh rating are best; batteries that
are below 600-mAh will give limited performance.
Ball Detents: Double feeding most often comes from worn detents. The detents
are the same types that are used by Spyder type guns. They can be obtained at
most paintball stores. Clear detents are usually Polyurethane. They can be easily
lost – as they are clear and hard to see, but wear very well. Most often rubber
detents are black but can be other colors as well. Rubber wears faster.
The following pages on disassembly will show in detail how the gun operates.
However the best performance is generally obtained by not messing with the
gun.
•The LPR body shouldn’t need removal from the gun body. It will take
many, many years for the O-Rings to dry out and deteriorate.
•The cup seal valve likewise, should not need to be taken out of the gun.
Should a leak develop and the cup seal cap need replacing, it is easier to
remove the Cup Seal body than the LPR body.
•The LPR and Inline regulator O-Rings can dry out and should be
regressed annually or semi-annually.
•The Independence Rammer (combination Ram and Hammer) operates
inside a sealed ram body. Other Rammers units are usually open to
contaminants and therefore need to be removed and serviced often. This
is not true for Independence. However, by removing the back cap, sliding
the Rammer out past the O-Ring and lubing the rod in front of the O-Ring
and the O-Ring itself, you can easily lube you Indepence Rammer.
•The solenoid valve’s piston has grease on it from the factory. Some
players oil their guns internals by putting oil in the bottle adaptor before
airing up the gun. This internal oiling washes off the grease inside the
solenoid. The oil used is lighter than the original grease and will need to
be reapplied or the solenoid valve can fail prematurely. If a player chooses
to oil the internals of the gun by putting oil inside the bottle adaptor use
only synthetic oil, as petroleum base oils deteriorate the O-rings. Once
you have started on this course you must add several drops of oil every
time the marker is used. Again, your Independence should operate for
hundreds of thousands of shots without any more than cleaning the bolt
and changing the battery. The practice of putting lubricant through the
bottle adaptor, like constant removal of the Rammer, is not recommended.
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