I Thought I'd Put up a Post That I wish I'd found while looking for Info on My Newly Aquired Rommanian AK47 Drum
How To Take it apart & How To Set The Tention..
When I Got My Drum From The KCR Gunshoot it would only take 15-20 rounds..
I'm Not sure if They all come this way but the spring was wound all but one revolution tight..
To Open The Drum You need a large flat screwdriver, You depress the center of the Aluminum Hubs Spindle Tab & Turn Counterclockwise 1/4 turn & the Hub nut removes..
You then can remove the rear cover plate & see inside..
Notice that there's a metal Wheel with several fingers, The One with the serial Number was up against the Follower that resembles three bullets with a tab on the lower one..
To Remove the tention you must first remove the follower, By rotating the Wheel clockwise until you can remove the follower,
NOTE: The Wheel is Very Sharp & Could Easliy Cut off a finger if the tention is released causeing it to spin
WARNING BE VERY CAREFULL, One should maybe wear Gloves while doing thisRemove the tention by carefully turning Counterclockwise with your thumbs, Once the tention is released the Wheel can be removed by depressing the center spring loaded button & then turn the holder up so the wheel can be removed..
I cleaned mine with Brake parts Cleaner paying attention to get all the Cosmoline off the spring & all inerds.
I then Lubed it up with Rem Dry Lube, Graphite or other dry lubes could also be used, I also put white grease on the spindle were the wheel toches it while turning, I also lightly oiled the finger that indexes the wheel while loading..
Also Note that there's three positions on the hub were the spring can first catch..
On my Drum It required 3 1/3 Turns of tention to allow all 75 rounds to be loaded while still having enough tention on the first few rounds, It Took several tries to get it right..
Once the tention of 3 1/3 turns was applied the follower was put back in & the tention of the wheel is released onto the follower, Then the Holder is switched back horizontal to keep the Wheel from coming off.
Then the Cover can be replaced & the Hub Nut Installed by pressing it onto the Hub & Turning 1/4 Turn Clockwise
I Hope This Help Someone Out There, Here's a few pics that I took while taking it apart to show..
Enjoy!! Gary/B92
Romy DrumRemoving NutMag FollowerRemoving FollowerFollower Removed Drum Completely Apart