I am far from a gunsmith, but am pretty comfortable disassembling 1st thru 3rd generation Smith semi-autos.

I recently acquired a 469 cheap ($130) whose action was sort of sticky. After disassembly, I noticed that the ejector seemed to be sticking up higher than normal from the frame...didn't seem to go as far down as it should when you applied finger pressure to it. Sort of the same for the decocking pawl (?) and safety pawl (?) - I think that's what they are called.

After disassembling and cleaning everything up, I reassembled it, and it seemed much better (ejector and pawls) and the gun went back together a lot easier.

I started doing a function check and everything seemed really good. Until I put on the safety - actually more when I took off the safety. When I put on the safety, it behaves as expected. When I take off the safety...no change it still acts as if the safety is on.

If I rack the slide, it works as normal again. Magazine safety works as expected.

Any thoughts about what I might have done wrong?

Many thanks
Jim