Help with my toggle catch?

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

The hold open will shift fore and aft a little by sliding its spring in its channel. Try inserting a non marrying tool ahead of the tip of the spring and tweet it back enough that the hold open rises and falls freely within its well.

Sorry David, I don't think that your suggestion will really work because wouldn't the force of the first time the toggle is caught by the holdopen will slam the spring back to the forward position?

It appears that the holdopen and the well surface it rubs against requires some careful filing/tweaking/polishing to solve this issue.

Either that, or it may require a replacement holdopen. Is this holdopen number matched to the gun?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Sorry David, I don't think that your suggestion will really work because wouldn't the force of the first time the toggle is caught by the holdopen will slam the spring back to the forward position?

It appears that the holdopen and the well surface it rubs against requires some careful filing/tweaking/polishing to solve this issue.

Either that, or it may require a replacement holdopen. Is this holdopen number matched to the gun?

On second thought, I think your last two suggestions are worth a shot. Truing the surfaces and edges of the little system might just do it. However, it is the half-hooked thingie, under the spring, at the front of the h.o. that provides the stopping abilities, where transfer of the forward forces is made to the pin through the frame that the concave notch of the h.o. engages. So, if removing burrs from the edges does not work, then the h.o. is too short--either an inappropriate replacement or worn in the notch enough to allow the h.o. to scrub against the front wall of the well. It could also be a soft pin which has developed an offset, though I've never heard of such a thing.

Maybe leave the spring bending attempts for last...