+1 to entire thread!


I know I am late to the party, but I'm sure others will view this thread going forward, wanted to share my experience.

I have a 642-2 and wanted to remove the lock mechanism. A little too exuberant in removing the hammer and the spring popped from the hand. Doh!!!

Took me a while to find the hidden pocket. Bright task lighting was critical for this discovery. Once I discovered the pocket, the pictures made a lot more sense to me, making the assembly more logical.

Found that a flat end allen wrench (vs. the ball ends I have so many of) that was small enough to fit into the slot and large enough to fill most of the slot worked very well for pushing the spring back to get behind the hand pins.

Thanks to all for your help in this perplexing challenge. Have the pistol back together now (whew!!!) and am ready to go to the range to run it again, to make certain my assembly technique was correct.