Locking Bolt Spring help

DonVoigt · 11-10-2017, 08:55 AM

Some locking bolt springs are a little "large", i.e. they are too tall when installed and the bolt won't slide in.

Last 2 I installed had to be ground down slighty, very slightly on the top of the "L", the part you can see when the spring is installed in its slot.

Just a little!

it is not very thick. I used a small stone on a dremel tool; springs are hard so they won't cut with a file, if they do they are not good springs! Hold the spring by the short leg in a pair of vice grips.

11-10-2017, 08:55 AM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	Some locking bolt springs are a little "large", i.e. they are too tall when installed and the bolt won't slide in. Last 2 I installed had to be ground down slighty, very slightly on the top of the "L", the part you can see when the spring is installed in its slot. Just a little! it is not very thick. I used a small stone on a dremel tool; springs are hard so they won't cut with a file, if they do they are not good springs! Hold the spring by the short leg in a pair of vice grips. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie