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Lee, there is nothing wrong with your shifter. the problem lies in the tracks won't put down any good track glue! they are cutting the glue with a lot of methanol to save money. When you first get there, it seems to be okay. But with the extra alcohol. It dries out quickly. That and the streetcars seem to suck up what ever glue is left. if the 14 spans it won't shift. this drove me crazy at first until I realized what was going on. if you have a wego 3 it will show the wheelspin, but I have never been able to feel it.

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Trust me it was NOT spinning .. We only had 90 PSI .. Once it was set back to 145 PSI NO missed shifts .. The track was dead hooking all night even for 4 second cars ..

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http://www.adamsperformance.net/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=High+Pressure+Regulator

I don't know if this will pull up, but this is the regulator I use.

Ken

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Lee, there is nothing wrong with your shifter. the problem lies in the tracks won't put down any good track glue! they are cutting the glue with a lot of methanol to save money. When you first get there, it seems to be okay. But with the extra alcohol. It dries out quickly. That and the streetcars seem to suck up what ever glue is left. if the 14 spans it won't shift. this drove me crazy at first until I realized what was going on. if you have a wego 3 it will show the wheelspin, but I have never been able to feel it.

Ken

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Trust me it was NOT spinning .. We only had 90 PSI .. Once it was set back to 145 PSI NO missed shifts .. The track was dead hooking all night even for 4 second cars ..

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that could very well be, I know when wee tried to use the paintball regulator. He had a lot of problems with consistency. it would start out on 120 pounds, and by the fifth or six gear change it would be way down, the one I use and wee also uses, is made by Carolina cycles and I think Adams also sells it, it is in the $70 range, but it works great and no more problems. one thing you might try before that is to use the air tank in your swingarm, it will make the 145 PSI more consistent and not work the regulator so hard.

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great running Smokin, faster every week!!

wee

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great running Smokin, faster every week!!

wee

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Thanks Wee .. You getting ready for some track time soon ?

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Can you post a picture of that regulator installed? I assume it screws into the shut off valve like any other? I'm thinking hard about converting from pump to CO2.

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Lee, I have a swingarm like yours, the two holes for the air tank are eighth inch pipe. The same as the pressure regulator. it has 4 holes in it, the one you see coming straight out of the end. Go straight to the bottle, high pressure, there are three holes on the side, two of them are low pressure adjustable, and one is high pressure. two of the side ones are the 120 psi regulated, one is high pressure, you can use one of the side one low pressure, with a 1 inch X eighth of an inch pipe,"steel" do not use bras, it will break off, screw one end to the regulator on the side, screw the other one into your swing arm air tank ,this will solid mount it to your swingarm. come out of the other side of your air tank and go to the air shifter. The two holes that are left over, one can be used for low pressure gauge, The other for high pressure gauge. don't mix them up or you will be buying a new low pressure gauge. Like I did LOL.

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Lee, I haven't seen your setup...but I have seen issues with certain tanks being more problem-prone. If the pin doesn't depress fully it won't feed a steady pressure, if that makes sense?

I use the 3.5 and 9 oz paintball tanks, and sometimes you really have to screw the reg down tight to get the bottle to flow and recover pressure. It is dependent on the bottle head. Depending on where you have your solenoid mounted, it can be really easy to test this by unhooking from the ram, and testing shifting a few times while watching the pressure gauge to see if it recovers.

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Smokin don't smash your regulator with a hammer, send it to me first. I think I'm going back to co2 and every bike I race with uses that same regulator you have and no issues. I may buy it from you if you want to sell it.

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Lee, I haven't seen your setup...but I have seen issues with certain tanks being more problem-prone. If the pin doesn't depress fully it won't feed a steady pressure, if that makes sense?

I use the 3.5 and 9 oz paintball tanks, and sometimes you really have to screw the reg down tight to get the bottle to flow and recover pressure. It is dependent on the bottle head. Depending on where you have your solenoid mounted, it can be really easy to test this by unhooking from the ram, and testing shifting a few times while watching the pressure gauge to see if it recovers.

Shane

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Smokin don't smash your regulator with a hammer, send it to me first. I think I'm going back to co2 and every bike I race with uses that same regulator you have and no issues. I may buy it from you if you want to sell it.

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Bently you can have it ..You will have to set it before every run because it will not stay set .. Put it at 145 and then the next time you look at it it will be at 90 .. I turned it on tonight just checking it and it was at 200 psi !! There is something very wrong with it .. The adjustment screw has nothing to hold it in place .. You just touch it and it moves .. It would not suprise me if it fell out on its own ..There is nothing to hold tension on the set screw, no spring , no nothing ..

If i can keep it set at 145 it works great .. They should call it a guess a gear air shifter ..Because it's a guess if it will work or not ..

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