PDW and M4 gearbox?

Mini Dude

Is there any difference between these gearboxes? If so, what is it and would it make a diiference if I didn't have it on the gerabox/gun?

I have a pdw outer body but not sure if a standard m4 gearbox would fit and work fine?

thermo

If your talking about a KAC type PDW then a m4 gear box should work in it as both are ver 2's.

Mini Dude

yes the KAC version, what about the selector switch, how would that work?

Sleepershark

Needs to be drilled for both selectors to work. Bolt release catch needs to be removed aswell to allow a standard v2 gearbox to fit and then of course the you cannot release the bolt forward. So some parts need to be removed a spring and a catch pin and the bolt will function like a standard m4 just pull the charging handle to expose the hop up. A standard bolt release catch can replace the pdw one for external cosmetic reasons. I have personal experience. Have a kac pdw with standard v2 gearbox installed, its a tight fit and needs the mods mentioned above and a little bit of grinding on the gearbox itself. Easy if you know what your doing but not a drop in job, depends on what parts you have in your shell.

Sleepershark

Needs to be drilled for both selectors to work. Bolt release catch needs to be removed aswell to allow a standard v2 gearbox to fit and then of course the you cannot release the bolt forward. So some parts need to be removed a spring and a catch pin and the bolt will function like a standard m4 just pull the charging handle to expose the hop up. A standard bolt release catch can replace the pdw one for external cosmetic reasons. I have personal experience. Have a kac pdw with standard v2 gearbox installed, its a tight fit and needs the mods mentioned above and a little bit of grinding on the gearbox itself. Easy if you know what your doing.

Mini Dude

Wouldn't know what i'm doing tbh so I think that i'l just get it new(full)Thanks anyway

Sleepershark

Mini Dude wrote: »

Wouldn't know what i'm doing tbh so I think that i'l just get it new(full)Thanks anyway

You interested in selling the pdw?

Mini Dude

Don't have one, sell someone seeling the complete outer body, so if I could have got that and then put in a v2 gearbox, it would be job done, but wouldn't know what im doing so i'll just buy one new.

Sleepershark

Where is it for sale?

Mini Dude

Facebook, the guy who was looking for one, passed so I'd say its still available, the group is: Ireland AIRSOFT sales

CpcRc

I build up another model pdw with a standard v2 gearbox. Had to shave some bit off the selector parts to get it to fit on the gearbox shell. Most v2 gearbox should have the hole through them for ambi-dextrous selector but the pdw uses two gears on both sides or something like that so getting them to fit in the body and around the gearbox can take a little "modding". If you don't have the bar with a gear on both sides to begin with then it is not possible as the pdw uses two gears to adjust the selector it is not done the same way as in an m4