Hw99 problem

[lola]

Hi guys

My hw99 has a bit of a problem - the end of the cocking link rubs on the spring bring cocking. If I fit a delrin piston sleeve to stop it touching it chews it up! Any ideas how to sort it?

Cheers!

[tinbum]

A thinner metal sleeve made from a steel beercan?

[lola]

Hi Tinbum! No its tried delrin, plastic milk bottle and it even chewed up a titan piston sleeve.

[TORNADOS7]

Another 99S with a cocking problem yet people still recommend and rate them, beats the proverbial outta me...

Ps, I'm truly sorry if my comment isn't very helpful but the only really helpful piece of advice I can give is 'get rid and get something else, like a 95k' as the cocking issue with your 99S will never be 101% cured no matter how much you try...

[phil384]

Not being helpful I'm afraid but I sit here wondering if people take them back to the dealers under warranty or just try to sort them out themselves? Surely if enough went back for repair/replacement, eventually it would cost Weihrauch lots of money and they would sort the issue out. It's obviously a material or design flaw as it doesn't happen on other models (to any great extent).

Just saying......

[nunofrancisco]

Now to be a bit usefull since some coments here are just to bash the 99... your spring is probably bent. Happened me once, was a bent spring. Cocking shoe dont reach the spring if its normal. check if the ends of the spring are well made too, as that may let the spring stay bent (even if it looks straight outside)

[TORNADOS7]

Now to be a bit usefull since some coments here are just to bash the 99... your spring is probably bent. Happened me once, was a bent spring. Cocking shoe dont reach the spring if its normal.

Nothing to do with giving the '99S' a hard time, I have in fact thought about buying one myself on numerous occasions but there's a blindingly obvious design flaw in the cocking linkage which 'Weihrauch' are not addressing, therefore I cannot warrant putting my hard earned money down on one, neither can I bring myself to recommend somebody else does either...

Beautiful little rifle, accurate too by all accounts and if 'weihrauch' sort out the issue properly I'll be first in line to get one, up till then, I think not...

[nunofrancisco]

My first part of the coment wasn't for the ones who posted alrready... but i know than some people will show up just to bash and flame other than help, its always the same when the 99 topic comes.

I know we arent suposed to have to work on it... but make sure than with 10 minuts of your time, it will be as smooth as their "brothers". My personal airgun of choice is a 99 than have about 700£ on it... not including scope.

And after a few of them, and with the help of some "online friends" over the forums, some solutions came and work very well, reducing the effort and making it noise/scratch free. And its a super simple fix...

[Telephonepete]

Another 99S with a cocking problem yet people still recommend and rate them, beats the proverbial outta me...

Ps, I'm truly sorry if my comment isn't very helpful but the only really helpful piece of advice I can give is 'get rid and get something else, like a 95k' as the cocking issue with your 99S will never be 101% cured no matter how much you try...

of course it will

[Telephonepete]

Not being helpful I'm afraid but I sit here wondering if people take them back to the dealers under warranty or just try to sort them out themselves? Surely if enough went back for repair/replacement, eventually it would cost Weihrauch lots of money and they would sort the issue out. It's obviously a material or design flaw as it doesn't happen on other models (to any great extent).

Just saying......

here we go again

[Telephonepete]

get a tinbum kit and spring (same kit) job sorted

[lola]

Hi it is a new spring and straight as a die so shouldn't be that.

Do you recon its worth removeing the delrin in the cocking link slot and maybe put a spacer under the spring to push it away from the main spring harder?

[nunofrancisco]

You gotta do 3 things.

First - remove just the spring under the derlin. Place a hex key or so in the end of the derlin bar, pull it up gently (dont break it) and a slot will show up. There is a really stiff spring there, remove it.

Second - In the mid of the arm, there is a joint (where the arm bends in two parts)... those two tabs are super tight normaly... and theres from where all the bad sounds than people claim "galling" or "my gun is eating itself after 30 shots in row". Metal expands,and those tabs are just too tight. put the arm in a table, with the derlin facing upside. Place a screwdriver between the joint and the begin of the derlin bar. Slowly with a hammer, tap the screwdriver. That will make both parts of the cocking arm move alot more freely, andd stop all the noises while cocking.

Third - and the easier - just give a small polish to the cocking shoe some have sharp edges, who may rub into the inside of the cilidinder. A quick polish, removing sharp edges will be nice.

Make this 3 steps, put some moly into the shoe and in the derlin bar... and i can ensure a noise free and with alot less effort to cock.

About your relative problem, than it seems like the shoe is rubing on the spring... im nearly sure if isnt bent, its one of the ends (probably the one of the top hat) than inst well finished. Happened to me once, as i told before...

[lola]

You gotta do 3 things.

First - remove just the spring under the derlin. Place a hex key or so in the end of the derlin bar, pull it up gently (dont break it) and a slot will show up. There is a really stiff spring there, remove it.

Second - In the mid of the arm, there is a joint (where the arm bends in two parts)... those two tabs are super tight normaly... and theres from where all the bad sounds than people claim "galling" or "my gun is eating itself after 30 shots in row". Metal expands,and those tabs are just too tight. put the arm in a table, with the derlin facing upside. Place a screwdriver between the joint and the begin of the derlin bar. Slowly with a hammer, tap the screwdriver. That will make both parts of the cocking arm move alot more freely, andd stop all the noises while cocking.

Third - and the easier - just give a small polish to the cocking shoe some have sharp edges, who may rub into the inside of the cilidinder. A quick polish, removing sharp edges will be nice.

Make this 3 steps, put some moly into the shoe and in the derlin bar... and i can ensure a noise free and with alot less effort to cock.

About your relative problem, than it seems like the shoe is rubing on the spring... im nearly sure if isnt bent, its one of the ends (probably the one of the top hat) than inst well finished. Happened to me once, as i told before...

Thank you! Im off on the nightshift now but that's a project I'll do tommorow night in the man cave. Much appriciated.

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

The HW99s in 22 is well worth the effort.

One of my local retailers does them new for as little as 185 quid, and still makes a profit.

Accept it for what it is: an inexpensive gun that is head and shoulders above most 12 fpe springers. Superb value for money.

It really doesn't matter what you have to do to it. The little gun is well worth it.