I am trying to replace the v spring on the release lever on my JJ sarasqueta. My needle nose pliers just does not seem to get it in deep enough to put it in place.
Any suggestions?
you can carefully file a slot in a thin piece of bar stock to keep the 2 leafs compressed enough to go back in place.
Steve
I tried a small C clamp but the shape of the v spring cause it to slip out each time.
Steve, I am trying to visualize your method. Could you add a little to your description. I am tired and fustrated. The firing pin broke off the hammer and then I found the V spring from the lever in two pieces on the bench. Not sure how that got broke. Had a spare spring by chance. Now cant get it back in.
I have a friend who is a talented machinist. He is going to try to drill into the hammer and install a pin to replace the broken "tit".
What have I got myself into?
Thanks.
Compress the V spring in a vise, then you can either pinch it with a small c clamp if you have the room in the action to fit the c clamp and the spring in, otherwise use a small piece of bar like Steve said, with a slot filed at an end to keep the spring compressed. I guess that's what he meant.
thats it, compress it first in a vise or what ever you have, then file a slot in some thin bare stock to fit the thickness of the compressed spring....harder to explain than to show someone in person. If you do not get it by tomorrow I can post a picture.
Steve
I've always done this job with a mini pair of ViseGrips, with the straight, rather than curved jaws. I've not encountered one yet that I wasn't able to do that way but there's a first for everything.
Needlenose Visegrips will hold the compressed spring. Check the measurements of the spring against the broken one, a little grinding can make a big difference.
Take care not to nick or scratch the spring. Such defects can make a stress riser and shorten the spring's life.
Thank you all who replied. A trip to Home Depot got me a needle nose set of vise grips. Used the bench vise to compress spring. used needle nose VG to install spring.
I sure appreciated the advice.