Change Battery Placement (Kraken)
 

(Removed the post from the main Kraken review thread as it made more sense as a new post)

I am considering rewiring the gun as I tend to get sporadic connection problems inside the stock with the cheap Tamiya connectors. I'd like to swap out to Deans, and use a mini stick under the receiver cover as it is in my AKS74U, instead of dropping it back in the stock.

Dry fitting, I don't think it will work without some mods .. or at all. Has anyone attempted/successfully done this with the receiver & cover that come with the gun? Would replacing the cover net some more space? Ideas?

Front wire the gearbox and run wire thru the rear sight block is one way

the other way is to leave it rear wired but shorter and feed it to the top near the button, remove the battery tray (stupid TM design) then take the faux bolt rod and wrap some electrotape around it just before where it bends and then slide the spring onto the rod and then put the bolt, this also eliminates the need for the small spring that keeps tension on the rod/button (another stupid TM design) and you will get a nicer bolt sound but you may need to trim some coils off the spring as the bolt may not travel far enough back to allow access to the hopup

I call it the dboys bolt mod :)

Awesome.

The plastic battery tray serves no other purpose aside from holding the bolt spring in place, correct? That would definitely open the whole area up for the battery.

The tray can remain if u go with option one, it'll fit a stick battery np

Much obliged :D

No problem

option 2 is alot better as u can also trim the 2 tabs that go into the rear sight block which will give u room for a 9.6 cell

True enough, although I'd feel bad hacking off the tabs ;) ... at first.

One thing I've noticed with the battery tray out, is that the bolt no longer has a guide and can "tilt" (rotate around the bolt rod) towards the now empty space. Granted, I haven't put the spring back in - as you described - which may end up holding it more firmly in place and lessen the chance of it happening.

I tried this out myself tonight and noticed the same thing.
fully re-assembled, the bolt still wanders around unguided like that. I haven't re-routed the wiring yet and my stick battery is out on loan, but, what I'm assuming is that the battery itself will act as a guide of sorts and keep that thing a little bit in check.

It is more solid with a battery in with the psudo-Dboys bolt mod. I've done it on my AK. Without a battery, it rattles/wobbles around a bit but the battery provides support when it's in.

Yes the battery keeps bolt in place

Nice, thanks for this Pus, never would have even asked myself if that tray was necessary in there...now, off to find me a folding stock!

Necessity is the mother of invention, I lost the tiny spring that keeps tension on the rod and I realized that putting th spring behind the bolt and taping the rod so it won't slip past that I could keep tension on the rod/button

the trimming of the tabs to allow the longer batt came after :)