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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?
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Sidelock
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Sidelock
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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.
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Sidelock
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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.
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Take care not to nick or scratch the spring. Such defects can make a stress riser and shorten the spring's life.
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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.
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