Demonic Ram

From the Web site:

This titanium ram/piston is hollowed out to be the lightest, and polished to be the smoothest, ram on the market.

Pictures taken from www.roughneckpaintball.com

Installation Instructions:

This can be a little tricky.  Follow the instructions closely and TAKE YOUR TIME!!

1. Remove the Hammer assembly.
2. Remove the Hammer Cap.
3. Clean out any Dow 33 from behind the ram.
4. For the next step you will need a 1/8" Allen key.  The next step involves removing the hammer from the stock ram shaft.  To do this you will first need to heat the hammer to loosen the green loc-tite that is used to hold it in place.

   I recently learned a GREAT trick for removing the hammer form the ram shaft.  Instead of a hair dryer or a lighter, use boiling water.  Just remove all the o-rings from the hammer assembly.  Once the water is boiling, extend the ram forward so it is open.  Put on an oven mitt or something like it to protect your hand.  Just submerse the hammer, not the entire hammer assembly, in the boiling water for about 1 minute, maybe a little longer.  Remove the hammer from the water and be careful because it's HOT.  Should unscrew VERY easily.  When you feel that you have loosened the loc-tite, you will need to grip the hammer in a fashion that will not destroy it and use the 1/8" allen key to remove the ram shaft.  The key here is DO NOT TRASH THE HAMMER, unless you have a new one to replace it.
   

5. Once the hammer is removed from the ram shaft, remove the ram shaft from the hammer assembly.  Do not lose either of the bumpers.  That's right, there are two bumpers, one on the outside of the hammer assembly to protect the hammer from hitting the assembly and one on the INSIDE to protect the ram shaft from hitting the hammer assembly.  NOTE: If either one of these bumpers are not installed, you will risk damaging your hammer assembly.
6. If it's not already installed put the o-ring that was provided on the Demonic Ram.
7. Put the Demonic Ram into the hammer assembly.
8. Put the bumper on the Demonic ram shaft.  If you forget this part it will really SUCK to have to take it apart to fix.
9. Next using a little loc-tite ( I would use Blue ) thread the hammer onto the Demonic ram.  Do not over tighten the hammer onto the shaft.  Only use light finger pressure to screw the hammer onto the shaft.  Screw the hammer onto the shaft until it stops, do not try and twist it any further on to the shaft.
10. Let the loc-tite dry for a couple hours before putting everything back together.

Comments:

The Demonic Ram shaft is by far the lightest ram shaft out there.  With High polished Titanium and then hollow on top of that, its like holding nothing.

Installing the Demonic Ram also has the added benefit of giving you the chance to clean the inside of your hammer assembly.  Something that I believe the average Impulse owner rarely if never does.

The Details

• MSRP: $35.00
• Pro's: If you are looking for a SUPER light yet strong ram shaft, to balance out your internals, this it the one!
• Cons: The only negative about the Demonic Ram shaft is that it is also shorter than a standard RAM.  Through testing I have proven that the smaller the amount of air behind the ram the better.  The Demonic is shorter in the back so it adds to this air pocket.  IMO If it was longer it would be even more efficient.