Mares Phantom FV 110. Jammed spear

[Alantech]

Hey guys,

I have a Mares gun with the spear jammed into the gun and won't release. I am trying to remove the entire trigger mech but it won't come out. Does anybody have a service manual or has seen this happen before?

Alan

 

[Mr. X]

I've had a spear that would not lock into the mech before (on an RA railgun) - it had me effin' & blindin' as I was in a pretty exposed position with a current at the time. It was caused by sand & grit roughing up fibres in the trigger mech.'s plastic parts, which caused the plastic line release to get stuck, thereby locking up the whole mechanim. A heavier stainless steel line release likely would not have got stuck, because of its greater weight & lack of fibres/smoothness. Either way I believe RA use a spring to push the line release down these days.

Trigger mech. cassettes - if that's what it has - are usually held in with plastic (&/or possibly stainless-steel) dowels that just need to be pushed out firmly (e.g. using a punch, carefully). Your mileage may vary...

They normally recommend not using lube on spearguns but if the above doesn't work, try soaking in warm water (to expand the hole(s), to separate & thereby break any binding and to dissolve any salt build-up) & try again, and if that doesn't work, I wonder if a little silicone spray might help (I haven't tried it though and it might cause damage)?

 

[Alantech]

I've had a spear that would not lock into the mech before (on an RA railgun) - it had me effin' & blindin' as I was in a pretty exposed position with a current at the time. It was caused by sand & grit roughing up fibres in the trigger mech.'s plastic parts, which caused the plastic line release to get stuck, thereby locking up the whole mechanim. A heavier stainless steel line release likely would not have got stuck, because of its greater weight & lack of fibres/smoothness. Either way I believe RA use a spring to push the line release down these days.

Trigger mech. cassettes - if that's what it has - are usually held in with plastic (&/or possibly stainless-steel) dowels that just need to be pushed out firmly (e.g. using a punch, carefully). Your mileage may vary...

They normally recommend not using lube on spearguns but if the above doesn't work, try soaking in warm water (to expand the hole(s), to separate & thereby break any binding and to dissolve any salt build-up) & try again, and if that doesn't work, I wonder if a little silicone spray might help (I haven't tried it though and it might cause damage)?

Thanks for the reply. The silicone spray didn't seem to help much but on closer inspection I found some grit inside the mech. I got out the hose and forcefully sprayed into the mech from different angles. After that I could get the spear to release and it's back to normal. Seems I must have got some sand inside it after coming in from the surf.

Alan

 

[Mr. X]

Yes, I used to get little tiny pebbles, maybe 1mm diameter, sticking to the inside of my speargun - it is just in the water in some locations.