Sonny wrote:
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 7:21:19 AM UTC-5, Mike Marlow wrote:
Hey Sonny - glad to see the gun is working better. Just for ****s
and giggles, give the needle packing a little nudge before you tear
your gun down - just to see what happens. It may be hard to turn the
adjustment nut in due to crud build up on the threads and the
packing being a bit boogered, but it likely will turn in a bit. I'm
curious to see if that fixes your remaining spitting problems. If
so, the gun still wants a good cleaning but you may get by without
having to buy a rebuild kit. -- -Mike-

Both adjusting knobs turn easily, but I didn't pay close attention to
detect if there was any debris related resistance. Previously, I had
tinkered with both knobs, thinking that would help solve the, some of
the, problem. There was no effect, so that's why I assumed there
might be something internal that had worn out. I didn't tinker too
much with the knobs, because the settings were set for my lacquer
use.... I didn't want to vary the settings too much, if at all, from
what I was previously comfortable with.... spray pattern, volume,
etc.

I haven't tried tinkering with the knobs, since yesterday's limited
cleaning. I never thought to try moving the tip, itself, either.
I'll check it out.


Sorry - I didn't say it clearly. The packing adjustment is a small knurled
knob just in front of the trigger that the needle runs through.

--

-Mike-