Flitz for repetition springs?

Jon Page jonpage at comcast.net
Sun Jun 29 06:41:15 MDT 2008


Here's my procedure for reconditioning the springs and grubs.

Dislodge the spring arms in the rep lever and jack.

Straighten out (reestablish proper curve) to the bent, 'maladjusted' wires
with specially adapted curved-jaw pliers (jpg).

Remove encrusted lubricant from rep lever grub.

Clean and polish spring end at rep lever contact with Dremel Tool.

Place lubricant, usually DAG, in rep grub AND jack spring hole. You'll
be surprised at what a little lube can do at the jack.

Expand the spring at the coil and install spring ends to their slots.
Reconfigure the bend at jack if needed. Sometimes it entails trimming
the jack spring arm which can bind at the far end of the jack mounting.

Adjust tension if too strong.

Burnish rep lever at knuckle contact.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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