Monday Mod Tips - Slingfire - Reassembly Guide

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[@michaeljordan7108]

I literally disassembled one of these tonight to start a paint job, and was scratching my head on the operation and function of the internals. A truly fantastic video. Thank you so much for the guide.

[@lemonade7740]

you know why i like captain xavier because he seems like the person i could just chill with like a friend not a youtuber

[@cjpunish]

I've repaired a few slingfires, mostly gears becoming unaligned, or darts jammed in. But I needed a nice calming video today. Thank you for this.

[@VileMods]

Hey Captain....there's an arrow on the bolt sled as well as that gear to help with alignment. You can even see it in your still image.....it's directly above the orange gear.

[@cjpunish]

I was going to say this, but I read the comments

[@CaptainXavier]

Aha! I knew there had to be a way to align them for the people assembling them. I should have looked closer. Might jabe to do an addendum after some more research.

[@gavinreynolds-jones9212]

Where?

[@gavinreynolds-jones9212]

Never mind - I watched the follow up video but thanks for pointing this out!

[@bz4701]

I used to see so many sad thrift store Slingfires, now they can be saved!

[@abrahammontgomery2516]

Have you bought any?

[@edhunter88dk]

Awesome!!! I love seeing the Slingfire getting some attention

[@kwilcox417]

I've tinkered and upgraded the bolt sled and gears in two different slingfires and I put the gears back in the reverse order from you did here and I've never encountered the issue that you had with incomplete priming. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it, but food for thought I suppose. Loved seeing the complete breakdown and explanation of this blaster as it's given me a headache before when I upgraded the bolt sled. Thanks Cap'n!

[@mattsully5332]

I'm loving these in-depth assembly guides. Thank you for making them!

[@petdemrabbits5103]

Thank you! I took mine apart because the lever action wasn't working. I had it in a pile of parts before I realized I should have taken pictures. You are awesome, thank you for this video!

[@ghost_of_kurdt_haunts_my_room]

Excellent video! Enjoyed every second, explained almost every single fringe case I dealt with and all errors I had reassembling the blaster I later realized were simply from not watching or listening close enough. Excellent, truly excellent. I really appreciate your content! It seriously means a ton to have someone who clearly and without judgement explains toys, both as a calming background video and as a piece of instruction. This is IMMENSELY helped me in my quest to create the perfect Courier Six cosplay (from F:NV) and no Courier cosplay is complete without a badass, fully painted slingfire. Thank you so much! Also, I'd just like to brag, I got the gears right first try >:D

[@jaymorrison2419]

I will ALWAYS like and everything else these guides. So helpful. I keep looking for one for the Vulcan.

[@H3zzard]

Well explained! And good justification for most of the locks being present in the first place.

[@slingfiremaster6003]

A silly thing to do is to take the stock off and use it with out it. It works with out it.

[@arsonist2773]

Stock also makes a comfy melee weapon. To hold atleast, not to get him by.

[@brycemartin6486]

Well if you wanted to take the stock off, it could be used as a master-key. However, the lever action could prevent proper functioning on different blasters.

[@Da_Vinci_Ukrog47]

My buddy did the and I looks like a terminator gun now :)

[@ryzen4368]

Thanks for the in depth video! My slingfire has been broken for years now where the bolt wouldn't quite close all the way to fully open the dart tooth so after every time I primed it I had to manually push the bolt forward to fire. Your gear alignment picture finally helped my fix it.

[@audiebavington8789]

Thank you Captain X. Great tutorial. Butterflied my Slingfire, sanded, repainted and placed everything back in. Now, for some reason, it's not closing. Not to worry, I'll work out out. Awesome video! Peace from Perth Western Australia.

[@TheCrimsonCretin]

I rescued one from goodwill outlet, took it apart, gave every part a good rinse, rubbed it down with some lithium grease and reassembled but the clutch was janky so it would slip every single time. So i sanded the internals and superglued the clutch together and now it works!

[@Pokefan-xj3be]

I repaired a jammed one of these i got at a goodwill for 5 bucks using this video, thank you Captain!

[@CaptainXavier]

Yoy are welcome. I really love these kinds of comments. Thank you.

[@Vena23]

than you very much!

[@EctlySqrd]

Thank you so much Captain I realized I was missing the grey arrow gear and its tension spring

[@mhebert350]

do you think bigger plunger tube would fit in it ? like perse the worker prophecy power pluner tube ?

[@CaptainXavier]

With enough epoxy anything is possible.

[@noudpegtel726]

thank you so much for this video i could not get my slingfire working no matter what i did so now it works again!!

[@alexandermacphearson4379]

It seems like you really are enjoying these videos. Seems to fit with you love of teaching and education of people. Can’t wait to see the next video in the series. Keep up the good work Bangarang

[@Windle_Poons]

When take apart a blaster with Gears I try to mark the alignment with a Sharpie across the two gears. That way (hopefully) when the Sharpie is aligned the gears are aligned. Thats the plan Anyway...

[@CaptainXavier]

...brilliant!

[@rattlesnake551]

thank you so much! I'd be lost without this video

[@WYMB-77]

Okay man props! I had no idea the gear teeth would not work if they weren't put in just right. I've had the same slingfire since 2015 to maybe 2016 and it feels good to finally get it going again. Just goes to show that sometimes a video can help people fix stuff 1 year later!

[@Montisaquadeis]

Hmm wonder if the issue is with the spring of the trigger lock on your blaster Captain and that is why it isn't working correctly. Spring seemed a bit bent to me for starters.

[@uberthium7b5]

I have a scravenger that I took apart to lube and enforce the O ring. I couldn’t put back together due to a time crunch but thanks to this vid I will apply the knowledge from this Study. Thanks Cap’n!!

[@gost_bappo3043]

thank you so much i couldnt use it for 1 year and now you helped me . thx

[@Windle_Poons]

OK OK, I know im supposed to watch the entire video before commenting but, Before I even got 2 min in, "Theres a lock release button on there! Why did I not know this!" Had to go get my slingfire to see for myself. Thanks Capt. I'm Always learning new things from your videos.

[@jerry40100]

Merci pour la vidéo. Je pensais que mon nerf était cassé mais grâce à la vidéo, j'ai pu le réparer et il fonctionne. Merci pour les explications

[@CaptainXavier]

@@jerry40100 De rien. Je suis content que cela t'ait aidé!

[@sandwormgg]

I just took apart my sling fire and I forgot where the big screw went this vedio saved me

[@zathias1372]

I’m having trouble getting the pin out of my bolt sled, I’m trying to install a metal bolt sled. Any advice to get the pin out?

[@CaptainXavier]

...how do I not have a video on this yet? I will get one made in the near future. There are several ways but they all involve tools that I don't know if you have. You need something like a metal punch or a nail to drive the pin out with, a hammer, and something to brace the sled against without obstructing the pin. Then you pound it out. Alter native you can force it out with a vise or large pliers.

[@brady.widlake]

DUDE THIS HELPED ME FIX MY BROKEN GUN HOLY CRAP!

[@CaptainXavier]

Yay!

[@alexknouse9133]

Thank you so much Cpt, this video inspired me and gave me the confidence to do my first Slingfire mod, keep up the good work. Bangarang!

[@Fanboy77_Th3Dr34d3dS3qu31]

magnificent work as always sir.

[@miseryengine]

Thanks X, once again, a lifesaver.

[@andylolol]

Wanted to write a quick comment about some differences in my slingfire. I have a european one, which might change it a bit. It's mostly in the gears It's different. First off on the lever-gear, mine has a second little loop on it, the one you see interacting with the post that you use to align the gears. Speaking of that post, It's plastic in the european one. They all are, in fact. The second gray gear, which doesn't actually have the little orange cylinder, that has a plastic post, and the orange gear, which also has a plastic post. I don't know if the second loop on the lever is meant to make it easier to align, but It's worth pointing out.

[@Riwaden]

Great video, confrimed everything I had gleaned from hours and hours of taking the thing apart and putting it back together again. Just wish this had been out before I took mine apart and put it back together a million times. A tip from the second one i took apart, put some sharpie on the gears so you can see where they line up before you take them out, (if thats not the problem with the blaster).

[@CaptainXavier]

Turns out the gears have markings on them to make aligning them easier. :)

[@zaka0781]

This video just helped me right now! Thanks!

[@yeeterdeleter4101]

Thank you so much!!! I took my sling fire apart a couple months ago, and can’t get it apart, which is bad because it holds a lot of nostalgic value. The only other problem I have is I lost the catch, but I can always get a new one

[@Jewseaguyat]

Thanks for the detailed video 🎉

[@justsurviving6916]

Thank you so much I liked and subbed. But I have a question. I took apart my sling fire bc a bullet got jammed and I opened to remove it. But I made some modifications to it. To make matters short it doesn't lock. My gun now won't cock plz help me Edit: OMG THANK YOU MY GUN NOW SHOOTS. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH

[@CaptainXavier]

...can't really help you without knowing what mods you made. But the answer will likely be something along the lines of "watch this video and figure out what the issue is." ;)

[@idontknow154]

Thanks i needed this

[@norcalnerfclub3423]

Thanks so much for this very thorough guide! I've always wanted to totally rebuild my Slingfire, but as you know, it can cost some serious $$$ to do it properly.

[@CaptainXavier]

Yes it does...I recently got the metal gears and metal bolt sled. Ended up not using the bolt sled as it did not fit properly (bit annoyed about that). I also have the half dart kit and a long barrel (but I didn't have to pay for those). I am very pleased with it...but it was not cheap. There are better blasters for much less...

[@tomrynn7508]

Hi cap I was wondering next Monday if you could do the rampage/raider reassembly guide

[@CaptainXavier]

Nope, next week is the hammershot, then the Apollo, then probably the Raider.

[@JohnJames.]

@@CaptainXavier , is the sweet revenge similar internally?

[@CaptainXavier]

@@JohnJames. to the Hammershot? They are so similar some of the parts are interchangable.

[@brix_max]

Really well made video! Helped a lot, really appreciate it 👍

[@koltonkeysell]

Man my gun just like this stopped working and just a little bit ago I decided to see what was wrong in it and after a desembled it a whole bunch of pieces flew everywhere. Me of course, me being me, i did not know where they went and and was bummed. But thankfully i found this video and now it is assembled just how you did it. But my trigger does not like to smoothly go through and sometimes, it gets jammed 🤷‍♂️

[@arsenalxa4421]

I took mine apart but there's still several teething issues. When priming it doesn't always lock in battery. It starts to prime but the gear slips early and it doesn't even half cock.

[@CaptainXavier]

If the gears are slipping you either have a broken tooth, or might be missing the orange ring on the middle tooth, or the shell that holds the pins for the gears is cracked.

[@arsenalxa4421]

I hate that that may be the case because I'm a sucker for lever guns.

[@gamerguy425]

I miss the sling fire so much, oh my lord it was fun. I dry fired it like 400 times for every like loaded shot, I'd just sit at my desk dry firing all day. Sadly I had to give it away because the mechanism to seat the dart broke off, it only worked if you like primed it upside down.

[@midorithefestivegardevoir6727]

I personally removed both magazine and priming lock so can remove the magazine without having to reprime and clear out jams without having to shoot first.

[@Spartan412]

I really want a Slingfire due to my love and use of real-steel lever action rifles. Once I find one to thrift, I'll be using this video to repair it like I did with your Retaliator teardown!

[@rexetelectric3811]

I've encountered a problem, the mechanism fires fine, but the trigger won't pull all the way back to actually fire, plz help

[@CaptainXavier]

I don't follow. This video shows how the trigger works. You should be able to work out what the issue is from the info provided.

[@rexetelectric3811]

@@CaptainXavierI think maybe I didn't align those little pieces on the bolt sled correctly, if it still doesn't work after I double check i shall be back

[@rexetelectric3811]

@@CaptainXavier thanks cap! Now I have 2 working slingfire after weeks of procrastination

[@tomburr1577]

This is so useful holy crap thank you!!

[@galvaknuckles1152]

I did this so i could fix an issue where at the end of the priming action the lever would get stuck and the blaster would lock up and i would have to try to make the smallest movement possible to get it to work but all it did was tell me my gun was very dirty which helped because i cleaned it but i still cant figure out why this is Edit: It worked i just miss aligned the gears in the lever action thanks for the guide

[@TheUnknownPrime]

Cardboard works good as a screw holder while disassembling stuff

[@OEV999]

Idea for a future modification: You could modify a mega Magnus so you can add a mega centurion barrel so you don’t need to paint the blaster like your tactical twinshock. Love your videos.

[@pkruez2089]

Super helpful. Thank you!!!!!

[@vali14ana]

Great video! My gears are worn out, any place that sells spares please?

[@CaptainXavier]

I believe the metal handle kit comes with replacement gears. Not sure who sells it though. Outofdarts.com probably does.

[@Spencer.Richmond]

I just got a Slingfire with a broken breech and boltsled. I found the Worker metal boltsled replacement at Out of Darts, but was unable to locate a replacement breech. Does anybody know if an aftermarket Retaliator breech will fit? Also, are there any alternatives to the Worker metal boltsled?

[@dylandosh]

This helped me alot

[@ayazozturk2047]

Tahnk you friends :))

[@TheCrimsonCretin]

I wish ypu had left the thing open and showed tge action on the inside. I have a slingfire that looks like everything is there, and in correct alignment, but the spring wont lock properly, so i cant pull the trigger to blast a dart.

[@mNash80]

I'm having a strange issue...The bolt sled jumps forward just a bit at the very end of the priming stroke (just before the lever is all the way back, ready to fire). It prevents the mag release function properly among other issues. I'm starting to think I'm running the lever forward too hard/far and the slip is activating. But unless I push it all the way forward I can't release the mag. I'll remove the mag release lock and back off the lever a bit and see how it goes...

[@CaptainXavier]

Good luck

[@fulviopaschoal8303]

That was great sir. Thanks a lot! Fulvio Paschoal from Brazil

[@GlawedGravy]

Hi i took the cover of and put it back on and I screwed it on and everything then when i went to put in the black thing that u insert the mag into it keeps falling out. How do I stop this?

[@dylandosh]

Thank u captain Xavier

[@abrahammontgomery2516]

It took me 30 mins to fix a corroded scravenger because of the select fire, but I fixed it. It is still similar to this though

[@RiverWilliamson]

Is the slide lock necessary for the blaster to work? My blaster doesn't want to all the lever to return ratchet easily

[@CaptainXavier]

No, it is not necessary, especially since holding the lever closed should make sure it stays in battery.

[@gymzaal4412]

This was really usefull thank you!

[@cull510ender]

Fantastic!

[@calvinalex911]

Thank you for the video .. helped me fix my kids gun when I thought it was busted.

[@CaptainXavier]

Comments like these are why I do these videos. Thank you. :)

[@fizzypandaz]

My brother got a empty shotgun shell stuck and I don't know what to do

[@jaymusic6432]

Hey, I did this and put it back but the gun isnt shooting when i load it . The gears seem to be splitting and slipping when im trying to reload. What do I do?

[@CaptainXavier]

Take it back apart and put it back together correctly this time.

[@PhoenixFyre]

I want a pistol grip for this now lol. Well a stockless grip anyway.

[@yeeterdeleter4101]

This came out on Tuesday on the east coast, Monday in the pacific north west

[@Crunkboy415]

To keep the gear alignment correct, before removing the gears draw a straight unbroken line from the lever gear to the the other gear with a permanent marker. When you put the gears back, the unbroken line will indicate the gears are properly aligned.

[@spademaybe]

Hello. I noticed that my ratcheting lock allows the sled to go both ways. Is there anything i could do with that?

[@CaptainXavier]

Nothing comes to mind.

[@Itsmistymountains]

thank you so much!

[@tylergreen4843]

Hey I disassembled mine and there are 18 screws that go ontop right? Because 16 black screws look the same, I know 15 go ontop with the other 3, there's one black screw left and I don't know where it goes

[@CaptainXavier]

I don't know the exact numbers off the top of my head. Does it Stull work?

[@CaptainXavier]

@@tylergreen4843 sounds like you need to reopen it and start over.

[@tylergreen4843]

@@CaptainXavier nope No air, trigger is stuck It can't fire darts But the lever works I feel like that one screw was for that system somewhere

[@tylergreen4843]

@@CaptainXavier yep

[@tylergreen4843]

Captain!!! I've found the source of the problem!! The flipping spring fell out, and I just found it

[@DB-fz9ub]

The orange ring keeps popping off the black cylinder. I think that's why mine doesn't work properly. I take it that's its OK to glue it on?

[@CaptainXavier]

Not just ok. Necessary. It HAS to be glued on.

[@DB-fz9ub]

@@CaptainXavier that helped and it seemed to work ok. but after a while it will start to jam and i have to open the orange lid and then give the orange part inside a small push forward into place before it will fire. i must have taken it apart 100 times lol.

[@CaptainXavier]

@DB-fz9ub check the gear alignment. Sounds like you are a tooth or 2 off and the bolt is not getting pushed far enough forward to disengage the locks.

[@DB-fz9ub]

I've got it exactly as in the other video. If I move it one tooth either way it doesn't work at all. It seems to work for a while then starts jamming up. I think it might just be old and there's slack in the components. It was working better when I didn't have all the screws in lol.

[@joeloliver2279]

Are the internals of this almost the same as the scavenger cuz that’s the 1 I can’t get back together?

[@CaptainXavier]

Probably partly. The slam fire mech is what is going to make them different.

[@zacharystoddard6826]

Thank you!!!!

[@mileslocman]

Thank you sir

[@flemes9615]

So i managed to fix one of these using this vid but i noticed that i have to push the handle in a certain way to actually cycle. If i dont i think it skips a gear tooth. Is this a common issue?

[@CaptainXavier]

Not that I know of.. You might have a broken or bent gear tooth.

[@flemes9615]

@@CaptainXavier all the teeth looked fine. Im gonna open it up again and make sure that all the gears are in place properly. Very strange though. Edit: managed to fix it. Just realigned everything with the gear alignment video you posted. Thanks man love you

[@Nekra98]

thanks a lot bro

[@aedanclifton6325]

It won't let me move my gears every time I prime it

[@CaptainXavier]

Then you have something misaligned or a lock out of place.

[@kazmainiandevil3890]

15:00 its doing the same thing with my slingfire i think it is ment to happen

[@yaboidustin2447]

My slingfire broke over a year ago and I can't fix it

[@rodemus18]

Would this help with a scravenger?

[@CaptainXavier]

It would give some help, but tue Scravenger has that slam fire mech that would be more complex. It certainly wouldn't hurt. It would give you a good idea of most of the basics.

[@rodemus18]

@@CaptainXavier thank you capn!! I’ve been wanting to throw in a stronger spring into a scravenger and give it a paint job

[@wahnacleboy]

Omg thank you

[@Applejaxman]

please do the roughcut!! thanks!

[@CaptainXavier]

It is on the list.

[@Applejaxman]

@@CaptainXavier I voted!

[@L3xa.]

Something flew out the back when I primed it

[@grantdavis3195]

Is the dart tooth lock necessary

[@CaptainXavier]

Yes. Without it the dart tooth will not lock and the dart will not get chambered properly.

[@sargenttom139]

hi capn

[@sargenttom139]

who liked this lol

[@tomrynn7508]

Me

[@sargenttom139]

@@tomrynn7508 oh nice thanks for subscribing

[@CaptainXavier]

Hi

[@mikoaj5850]

Hyperfire rewire guide eould be helpful

[@CaptainXavier]

Another one? What is wrong with the one I already have?

[@mikoaj5850]

@@CaptainXavier I mean, Im new to modding so like with an actual hyperfire

[@mikoaj5850]

@@CaptainXavier not a model

[@petergrasserkin8218]

can you do this mod?

[@Totallynotcharlestheabsurd]

SAVED MY ASS ON GOD

[@westleygrover5331]

Do the nerf Rival Charger please!

[@andrezinhobc4647]

He is best

[@AnErrorWasFound]

wait no, its that the plunger doesnt move forward enough to unlock the plunger lock