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Schock · July 17th, 2016, 00:42

My son bought a used Ares L85 which has been working OK, but it is not very accurate, and we had to upgrade to a much stronger spring just to achieve 370fps.

This weekend we decided to take the gun apart, clean the barrel, and check the hop up rubber. The barrel was very dirty, but the hop up looked OK. We reassembled the gun, and dry fired it and everything sounded right, but when we put a mag in to test fire some rounds it didn't even have enough power to leave the barrel. When we pointed the barrel down the rounds just rolled out.

One thing I noticed was that when I removed the spring from the back it would not come out easily. I had to carefully twist it until it came loose. Also, my son was so eager to test fire it that he fired it a few times before he realized he hadn't put the spring in. Could that have caused some damage, or displaced the piston?

I guess our next step is going to be to take the piston out, but I don't know what to expect. Do I have to open up the entire gearbox? I can't find much information about the Ares gearbox.

Has anyone got experience with these guns? Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated.

July 17th, 2016, 00:42	#1
Schock Trader rating Join Date: May 2016 Location: North Vancouver BC	Ares L85A2 overhaul- what to expect? My son bought a used Ares L85 which has been working OK, but it is not very accurate, and we had to upgrade to a much stronger spring just to achieve 370fps. This weekend we decided to take the gun apart, clean the barrel, and check the hop up rubber. The barrel was very dirty, but the hop up looked OK. We reassembled the gun, and dry fired it and everything sounded right, but when we put a mag in to test fire some rounds it didn't even have enough power to leave the barrel. When we pointed the barrel down the rounds just rolled out. One thing I noticed was that when I removed the spring from the back it would not come out easily. I had to carefully twist it until it came loose. Also, my son was so eager to test fire it that he fired it a few times before he realized he hadn't put the spring in. Could that have caused some damage, or displaced the piston? I guess our next step is going to be to take the piston out, but I don't know what to expect. Do I have to open up the entire gearbox? I can't find much information about the Ares gearbox. Has anyone got experience with these guns? Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated.