Broken Grip Safety Spring

mp40 · 08-03-2009, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Tom Heller (Lugerdoc) usually has them. They are easy to replace...just push the old one out with the proper size punch and put in a new one. Rarely will you have to do any filing on the part that goes in the frame to make it fit. It is just a press in fit.

Ok, but is there a way to take the grip safety off without prying it off and possibly bending it? It looks to me like the safety switch should somehow come off first.

Guisan · 08-03-2009, 08:26 AM

No, the way to go according to the armourer's manual is like this;
Remove both grips
Push the grip safety towards the frame
Lift the pin down the grip safety lever out of it's seat
Remove grip safety and spring

Assembly;
Put the grip safety spring in place
Slide the top of the grip safety lever upward under the thumb safety lever and put the pin down the grip safety into it's seat.
Watch that the spring pin on the grip safety lever is in the correct position towards the spring
Test functionality
Put grips back on

It's pretty easy to do and you don't need to force or bend anything.

Guisan.

mp40 · 08-03-2009, 10:57 AM

Thanks for the info...it makes sense, except the "pin" is firmly against the side of the frame and can only be "lifted" by prying it with a screwdriver (see pic)...I don't want to do this since it will bend the thin sheet metal of the grip saftey...are all safeties this tight against the frame like mine?

http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...ent=Safety.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/byf41/Safety.jpg

<a href="http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/byf41/?action=view&current=Safety.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/byf41/Safety.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

08-03-2009, 08:26 AM	#2
Guisan User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	No, the way to go according to the armourer's manual is like this; Remove both grips Push the grip safety towards the frame Lift the pin down the grip safety lever out of it's seat Remove grip safety and spring Assembly; Put the grip safety spring in place Slide the top of the grip safety lever upward under the thumb safety lever and put the pin down the grip safety into it's seat. Watch that the spring pin on the grip safety lever is in the correct position towards the spring Test functionality Put grips back on It's pretty easy to do and you don't need to force or bend anything. Guisan. __________________ Fight to your last cartridge, then fight with your bayonets. No surrender. Fight to the death. --Gen. Henri Guisan, Switzerland, July '40

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08-03-2009, 10:57 AM	#3
mp40 User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the info...it makes sense, except the "pin" is firmly against the side of the frame and can only be "lifted" by prying it with a screwdriver (see pic)...I don't want to do this since it will bend the thin sheet metal of the grip saftey...are all safeties this tight against the frame like mine? http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...ent=Safety.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/byf41/Safety.jpg <a href="http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/byf41/?action=view&current=Safety.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/byf41/Safety.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>