DIY Bug-A-Salt Repair: Fixing Broken Plunger with Mechanical Screw Attachment | Bug-A-Salt Revival

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @FAL0perator
    @FAL0perator Рік тому +4

    Thank you for saving my beloved bug a salt! Much appreciated!!

  • @jessemidyett2380
    @jessemidyett2380 3 місяці тому +2

    Bro! Solid. Worked for another viewer.

  • @jab5915
    @jab5915 Рік тому +3

    Thanks, I almost ordered a new gun! I took mine apart but the gasket piece you drilled the countersink into was lodged in my tube and I didn't realize it could come out easily until I watched your video. I also applied some epoxy to the gasket piece before screwing it on and epoxied the voids in the plunger to lock in the screw threads that broke through.

    • @OneHitAway
      @OneHitAway  Рік тому

      This makes me happy and that's a great idea

  • @virgilpage-q2x
    @virgilpage-q2x 6 місяців тому +3

    Followed your repair video and hot damn it worked. I had the same issue. Drill, screw, fixed! Thanks

    • @OneHitAway
      @OneHitAway  3 місяці тому

      That makes me so happy!

  • @bdybybb
    @bdybybb Рік тому +2

    Thank you for posting this, I was stumped why mine quit and I never thought of looking down the cylinder for the broken off plunger.

    • @OneHitAway
      @OneHitAway  Рік тому

      You're welcome! It was a head-scratcher at first but definitely an easy fix.

  • @davidcook8323
    @davidcook8323 Рік тому +2

    Cool, sir, simple enough. And the soothing music while fast forwarding is a nice touch and much appreciated. That's so much better than listening to someone talking about the hairball there cat coughed up this morning.

  • @thekickthemalloutproject8583
    @thekickthemalloutproject8583 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the video. Bought mine in 2015 and it just now crapped out. Took mine apart and sure enough. The same thing happened to mine. The screw fix worked great. Took me a while to put it back together because I managed to lose the correct alignment on the gearbox. Looking closely at another video that showed the parts a bit better I was able to figure it out. Works perfect now. Also, while I was in there, I did a little hack I saw elsewhere to remove the safety so I don't have to push that darn thing every time. Missed quite a few shots because of that thing.

  • @Kuli24000
    @Kuli24000 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the video. Just downgraded my spring to one from a nerf blaster so it's easier on it in the long run.

    • @jessemidyett2380
      @jessemidyett2380 3 місяці тому

      Does it still kill flies?

    • @Kuli24000
      @Kuli24000 3 місяці тому

      @@jessemidyett2380 Not so well. So I upgraded it back to normal (minus the trigger springs since those were way too strong)

  • @Mr.Smith77
    @Mr.Smith77 Рік тому +3

    I dig the elevator music 😂

  • @rogats
    @rogats 9 місяців тому +1

    Mine - Black Fly 3.0 - just stopped working after a few months and after taking it apart and not finding anything broken - I think something just moved out of place inside - I tried to put it back together but can't seem to find the place of a small triangular piece to which a small v-shaped spring is attached to. Manufacturer just didn't care and told me to get another one. Can anyone help? I have photos of the internals and of the piece. Thank you in advance!!

  • @craigwolstenholme2166
    @craigwolstenholme2166 Рік тому +1

    Can you change the spring so it cocks easier as Iive got poor hand function through an accident so want to make it easier and is there a tear down video?

    • @OneHitAway
      @OneHitAway  Рік тому +1

      You could cut a coil or two off of the spring and that would make it easier to compress

    • @craigwolstenholme2166
      @craigwolstenholme2166 Рік тому

      @@OneHitAway thanks but would that effect the power of the shot

    • @OneHitAway
      @OneHitAway  Рік тому +1

      @@craigwolstenholme2166 yes, it would. How much tho, I'm not sure?

    • @craigwolstenholme2166
      @craigwolstenholme2166 Рік тому

      @@OneHitAway okay that you

  • @LikaPyramid
    @LikaPyramid 6 місяців тому

    I believe this is the 2.0 version right? Do the 3.0 and the 3.5 versions also have this problem ?

  • @tayvinanderson
    @tayvinanderson Рік тому

    How did you get the circle piece out? Mine seems to be stuck inside the gun

    • @jab5915
      @jab5915 Рік тому

      I cut and straightened a metal hanger and fed that through the firing side of the tube. You can move the salt dispensing mechanism up or down to allow the hanger to pass through and then push on the broken off circle/gasket piece.

    • @W0GEN
      @W0GEN Рік тому

      open the salt lid, push down on the plunger, and blow into the tube, it pops right out... this is what I did

  • @218hollywoodify
    @218hollywoodify Рік тому

    So I had the exact same problem you had and I fixed it exactly like you did but the funny part is I had one extra screw like you did also LOL where the hell does that one last screw go😂

  • @maxwellcrazycat9204
    @maxwellcrazycat9204 Рік тому

    Is it one pump only? Can't build more pressure?

    • @MichaelHaertel
      @MichaelHaertel Рік тому

      All you do is compress the spring, it’s not an air rifle

  • @lololine
    @lololine 6 місяців тому +1

    This is a great video! Bug a salt u make a shit product. I bought 3 used them one time, put them away, In different places. The kids call me saying they weren't working, so I tried the one I had same problem. Saw this video and yes same problem!

  • @thaddusable6735
    @thaddusable6735 Рік тому

    *Promo SM* ☀️