Problem with locking pin

breeze153 · 12-03-2017, 10:46 PM

I am unable to return locking pin in proper place. Stops 1/8 inch short. A 1914 P08
It came out very easily with finger pressure.
Any suggestions?

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ithacaartist · 12-04-2017, 01:47 AM

Make sure the tip of the lever's shaft is lined up with its hole on the far side. The pressure from the tiny spring must be overcome to do this! You may have better luck controlling the lever if you clamp the frame in a padded vice and can devote all your attention to the lever.

alanint · 12-04-2017, 11:17 AM

Agreed. The lever has play in it and if not perfectly lined up with the far side of the frame, it will not slide home. The spring is not really that strong and has David pointed out. Securing the frame in a padded vice allows you to concentrate all attention on aligning and pressing in the lever.

breeze153 · 12-05-2017, 12:02 AM

Ok will attempt it tomorrow. Thanks

DonVoigt · 12-05-2017, 10:05 AM

Your title is a little misleading, the part you refer to is the "take down lever" or "locking block", calling it a "pin" is confusing, a least to me.
Even looking at the picture, I could not decide what your problem was, but then I'm a little slow at times.

But you have received good advice as to how to get it into place.

Let's see the rest of the luger when you get it together!

12-03-2017, 10:46 PM	#1
breeze153 New User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Problem with locking pin I am unable to return locking pin in proper place. Stops 1/8 inch short. A 1914 P08 It came out very easily with finger pressure. Any suggestions?

12-04-2017, 01:47 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,343 Thanks: 7,264 Thanked 2,576 Times in 1,364 Posts	Make sure the tip of the lever's shaft is lined up with its hole on the far side. The pressure from the tiny spring must be overcome to do this! You may have better luck controlling the lever if you clamp the frame in a padded vice and can devote all your attention to the lever. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

12-05-2017, 10:05 AM	#5
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Your title is a little misleading, the part you refer to is the "take down lever" or "locking block", calling it a "pin" is confusing, a least to me. Even looking at the picture, I could not decide what your problem was, but then I'm a little slow at times. But you have received good advice as to how to get it into place. Let's see the rest of the luger when you get it together! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

12-04-2017, 11:17 AM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Agreed. The lever has play in it and if not perfectly lined up with the far side of the frame, it will not slide home. The spring is not really that strong and has David pointed out. Securing the frame in a padded vice allows you to concentrate all attention on aligning and pressing in the lever.

12-05-2017, 12:02 AM	#4
breeze153 New User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ok will attempt it tomorrow. Thanks