
SS Home Home M98 Diagram History Of Paintball Forum Links Members Erik - 10 Zak - 2 David - 18 Luke - 3 Will - 2 Jeff - 5 Ben - 2 Pat - 1 Ryan - 3 Drew - 3 How To's Polishing Internals Cleaning Your Paint Gun Becoming Invisible		How to clean and maintain your paintball gun By Erik Johnson All right, this one isn't so bad. No pictures will be needed. Cleaning your Model 98 DOES NOT have to be done every time you play. I'd say clean it after every half case or so... Assuming you had no breaks or anything. I personally clean my gun almost every time I use it... But I'm a little bit obsessed and feel the need to do that. Anyhow, strip down your 98 removing all the receiver screws (Don't forget the one under the grip, that took me a while my first time). Now gently lift the halves together. Watch out that the rear end cap doesn't pop off and go flying across the room! Don't forget, that thing is attached to a spring! Now take out the Front bolt, Rear bolt and Linkage Arm. These are the only parts that REQUIRE cleaning though I recommend you take out the valve while you're at it. Basically your gun should look like the pics of the 2 polished receiver halves. Now take a rag and wipe out the insides of the gun. You'll notice that some of the oil that comes out might be black. That's normal and is why we are cleaning our gun! Now re-install everything into the gun and MAKE SURE to oil the Front bolt, Rear bolt, and Linkage arm. These are the moving parts and should be oiled well. Put it back together and make sure to shoot straight CO2 out of your gun (without the barrel) to drive the excess oil out of the gun. You'll make your gun inaccurate if you have a lot of oil in your barrel. If you need extra help then email! HOW TO MAINTAIN YOUR PAINTBALL GUN Gun maintenance is quite simply keeping your paintball gun in good repair. This does not only apply to Model 98 owners but to anyone who owns a paintball gun. This article is meant as a guideline to cleaning and maintaining your paintball gun. I do not assume responsibility for any damage done to you, your paintball gun, or property as a result of following these directions. So be careful and if you are not comfortable with any of these procedures, don't do them or talk to a qualified air smith First off, a list of what items you will need to keep your gun in good shape: GUN OIL: there are many brands of gun oil made especially for paintball guns. If you don't use on of these 3 in 1 oil works well NOTE: NEVER US WD-40 ON YOUR PAINTGUN AS IT CONTAINS A CHEMICAL THAT WILL DISSOLVE YOUR O-RINGS!! PAPER TOWELS/RAG you will need something to wipe of any paint, dirt, mud etc. that gets on your gun and gear. It's also useful for oiling your gun that I will get to later. PARTS KIT: Usually your gun will come with a small parts kit containing a few O-rings, maybe a cup seal, and a few bolts, screws, springs etc. If you don't have a parts kit or have already used most of the parts from it go and buy some O-rings! O-rings are the part on a paintball gun that wears out the fastest. (Make sure you buy a couple of each size that you need for your gun) SOAP AND WATER: Obviously you won't be lugging water and soap to the field with you. There should be some water at the filed, or you could wait until you get home. You will need soap and water for cleaning the really stubborn mud, paint and whatever else gets on you, your gun, and your gear AN OLD TOOTHBRUSH: You will need this if mud or paint gets somewhere tricky like your ASA adapter (the thing where you screw in your tank) TOOLS: To take apart most guns you will need a few tools. For example Allen wrenches: those are the little L shaped things with a hexagon or octagon shape on the end. They are commonly used to adjust velocity (as on the Model 98) or sometimes to take off screws. Also keep on hand: an adjustable crescent wrench, needle nose pliers, Philips, flat head, and square screw drivers, Teflon tape (Teflon tape is a special white tape that will make an air tight seal when wrapped around something. If, lets say you have a leak in your steal-braided hose between your bottom line and your gun, just wrap some Teflon tape around the hole, and presto! no more leaks. Ok, so now that you've run around your house and went to your local paintball shop to collect all these items (or if you already had most of them on hand) lets get started on what to do with them. Oiling Your Gun: You should do this about once per 1000 rounds you put through your gun, or if you're like me and are fanatical about keeping your gun clean, after every game when you get home. Remember those tools you have? Time to put them to good use taking apart your paintball gun. Once you have your gun apart use a rag/paper towel to wipe all the oil and any paint or dirt that may be inside your gun off of the bolt, hammer, sear, and the inside of the body. You may notice that the oil has a blackened appearance, this is normal and just means the oil is used and ready to be replaced. Now take out your trusty oil bottle and apply oil to the bolt, sear, hammer, and wherever there is metal on metal movement. Then take your rag/paper towel and LIGHTLY run it over the areas you have just oiled. This is to soak up the excess oil and leave behind a thin film. When you are done oiling, but your gun back together and if you're lucky you won't have any parts left over. Now but a drop or two of oil in the tiny hole in your ASA adapter, Once you have done this, go out to your backyard (or you're closest paintball field target range) and gas up your gun. Then dry fire your gun with no paint in your hopper, and no barrel on the gun. Fire it about 10 times, or until oil clouds stop coming out. Cleaning: Well this is pretty easy. You took care of the gunk and paint that was inside your gun when you oiled it, so now all you have to do is clean the paint and dirt that's on the outside. A wet rag should do, but for stubborn stuff, use soap (dish detergent works fine) and rinse clean, then dry with a towel. Now your gun is lubed up, clean, and ready to hot the field!! Occasional Maintenance: These are the things that you won't have to do as often as oiling and cleaning. When you take apart your gun to oil it, look carefully at the O-rings, springs, and other moving parts. If the springs are rusted, or the O-rings appear badly worn or broken, it's time to replace them. You should have these things in your parts kit, but if you don't, take your gun to your nearest pro-shop and buy the parts you need. It's a good idea to test O-rings and springs to make sure they are the right size and fit correctly before buying them (nothing is more frustrating than buying the parts, getting them home, and finding out that they don't fit in your gun!) Well now that your gun is good to go, get out there and play hard!!!