Connecting pin

DougT · 12-18-2004, 05:44 AM

Problem solved--easy fix! The right ear on the frame had peened out enough to catch the protruding connecting pin on disassembly and reassembly. Both ears show slight, "honest wear" peening, and there are no clearance problems between the receiver and the frame. I took a small piece of 80 grit aluminum oxide sandpaper and carefully worked down the right side of the pin until it was almost flush with the receiver--problem solved! The way I did this was to remove the pin from the receiver, hold the sandpaper flat on a desktop and (as evenly as I could) work the right end of the connecting pin across and back on the sandpaper. After repeated fitting and sanding, the pin was just right. Now the gun disassembles and reassembles without binding--like it should. I hope there will be an easy fix like this for me when I'm 87 years old and starting to bind.
DougT

12-18-2004, 05:44 AM	#4
DougT User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 171 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Problem solved--easy fix! The right ear on the frame had peened out enough to catch the protruding connecting pin on disassembly and reassembly. Both ears show slight, "honest wear" peening, and there are no clearance problems between the receiver and the frame. I took a small piece of 80 grit aluminum oxide sandpaper and carefully worked down the right side of the pin until it was almost flush with the receiver--problem solved! The way I did this was to remove the pin from the receiver, hold the sandpaper flat on a desktop and (as evenly as I could) work the right end of the connecting pin across and back on the sandpaper. After repeated fitting and sanding, the pin was just right. Now the gun disassembles and reassembles without binding--like it should. I hope there will be an easy fix like this for me when I'm 87 years old and starting to bind. DougT