Think I blew an O-ring (Update: Bleeder ball)

Tore it down, all except the regulator and everything looks good under the spy-glass, One of the rings were it goes into the breech has the slightest flat spot. Not enough to blow out like it did. I don't have a regulator puller, but I assume that's easy to remedy. I have an email into Ernest, hopefully he gets back. Should I just change them all seeing I have it torn down? where do I get a ring kit?

Im emailing back and forth with him now. Damn he is quick!! If we cant figure it out, with my limited knowledge, Ill just ship him the air tube for a complete reseal. I checked the valve stem and its not broken. The tube was at 190 bar when she went. I cleaned it up and put it back together and put a bit of air to it. it just rushes through the tube and out the barrel like nothing holding it back.

Ya, I'm sending it to Ernest. I know he can figure it out. Probably something stupid I'm not seeing.

Damn, Ernest is not taking tunes or repairs for a while. Anyone know anyone else that repairs Crickets. I know AOA sells them and they are just up the road, Do they repair? Cant call them until tomorrow.

Sweet. Got to be a ring. I just put it all back together. filled it to 160b and its holding. Shot it a couple times, no problem. Ill run up and get some O-ring from them tomorrow. Need pellets anyway.

Almost messed up though, Took the bleeder screw all the way out and there is a teeny tinny ball bearing, found it. wont do that again.

Im going to replace the rings anyway but when I took the retainer out that holds the spring there was no tension on it. Ernest said to go two full turns once it touches the spring and it certainly wasnt that. Well, well see. Ill need to put it back on the crony also and make sure im still at his set 890.

Got new O-rings, new silicone grease, cleaned everything up, I found after everything that air is leaking from around the valve stem. I tried to pull the stem out of the metal casing as Ernest said sometimes they brake inside the cup and the stem will pull right out. No luck. The only thing I can think to do is replace the stem unless someone has another suggestion,

Thats a good idea, I might try that first. It just seems funny that ive had no problem, and all off a sudden when fired, all the air rushes out and it wont reseal. Just in case does anyone know were to get a new valve stem. Ernest said he is out of business for a bit and I dont want to bug him.

Thought I had it fixed. Filled to 200b and fired several times with no issues. I couldn't hear any air discharge. Put it back at 200 and let it sit over night, Empty.

Ok, I learned something new. So I ripped it all apart again, cleaned it spotless and reinstalled the O-rings with a touch of silicon. Aired it to 150 and let it set. She dropped about 40 bar in 5 hours. I mixed a little soap up and started dabbing. Nothing, not a leak anywhere I could find. Well the one thing I didn't check was the bleeder screw. I put it under my magnifier and there it was. Itsy little bubbles around the screw. I started researching on TAG and Kalibr, and found this is a common problem. The fix is a simple one if you have this issue in the future. They make the same screw at 6mm long instead if 5, and it has a nylon tip affixed to the end of the screw that replaces the ball bearing. From what I read there have never been any failures with these and they seal excellent. Unfortunately I could only find them in a package of 5 for $6. Should be here in a few day. Ill have extras if anyone needs one in the future.

Just thought is throw this out there for the Cricket guys for future reference.