FX Impact MK3 Installing Power Adjuster Wheel.

[tclancey]

Hi folks. Just wondering if anyone has come across this or has managed to install a power wheel on the later versions of the MK3.

I have a Power Wheel to fit, it's the barrel that would fit on an FAC just in front of the larger wheel with 16 settings. Yes this is a sub 12 rifle. I have absolutely no intension of breaking any rules or taking this gun above 12ft and I'm only doing this because it's been delivered to me pushing out 9.2ft on the highest settings with the heaviest pellets I use. I would at least like to get this in the low 11s. I know they have to be safe with the settings they send to the UK, but 9.2 I'm sure you'll agree isn't great. Just to be clear I currently have 8 .177 rifles, (Yes I need to sort my life out!) and I maintain all of them, including power adjusting and fine tuning, I do not own anything shooting over 12ft with the heaviest pellets I have.

The problem I have is: The floating piece just in front of the larger wheel has a small grub screw going through it, which hides the screw to remove the piece itself.

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Of course they've used some pretty strong lock tight on this grub screw and it's a 1.5mm Alan head, so you can't go at it too heartily. It needs heat. I have a micro flame torch which I could use, but I've found in the past it causes some discolouration, this gun is the desert variety and I don't want to spoil the finish. I don't mind a gun looking used, but not on the first day!

So far I have thought of shielding the surrounding area with some copper shim stock and using the head of a powerful soldering iron, it's a very large iron that I've used on many projects including wiring up 5th scale RC cars, believe me those motor terminals require some serious heat. I could of course use the torch but I think I'd have better control with the iron.

I wondered about chemicals, but I'm pretty sure they will have used a resistant formula for this thing.

Does anyone have any experience with this, or have any ideas that might help?

I would very much appreciate any information or advice.