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Uh Oh, now I've gone and done it.
Took the cylinder apart on my 686 for a good cleaning. Laid the ejector rod and center pin off to the side while doing this. Put ejector rod and large spring in and forgot the center pin and spring. I had laid my rag down covering it. Put Yoke assembly together and closed the cylinder. Then I realized the thumb latch was still forward. I can't get the cylinder to open now. Everything is functioning as far as the cylinder stop and the hand is working etc, I just can't figure out how to get the cylinder to open. Can someone help my out here. I would appreciate it.
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04-30-2012, 12:46 AM
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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT!!
I can't help you with your problem, but I Do feel your pain.
With me, it's motorcycle engines. I have to let the pros work
on my firearms. Thank goodness you're a member here; you know
you'll get it straightened out. TACC1
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04-30-2012, 01:01 AM
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Yeah, their are some very knowledgeable people on here. I'm pretty sure somebody will know what to do. I was too tired and shouldn't have worked on it until tomorrow. I'm going to bed now.
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04-30-2012, 01:23 AM
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OK, the only place your cylinder is being held shut is at the front latch under the barrel.
Get under a good light. You will see the front latch goes into the ejector rod. The front latch is on a spring. The part of it that goes into the ejector rod is tapered. If you get a very narrow flat bladed screw driver and push on the tapered part you can probably get it to retract and open the cylinder.
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04-30-2012, 09:15 AM
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good morning Tennexplorer
Thank you. I shall go try this now. I'll let you know shortly.
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04-30-2012, 10:49 AM
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You were right! Thank you. All is right with my universe now.
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05-03-2012, 11:31 AM
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Mr. Pokeyman:
In general when you take things apart in the future, look at and study what each piece does before disassembly. This way in a case like this one, not only do you know where the parts go, put you understand how it works and what the missing part would have done. This way you could have manually opened it as tennexplorer correctly suggested.
This applies to anything taken apart, not just guns. It is a good idea to understand a mechanical mechanism prior to disassembly (if possible of course) so you don't have to just memorize where things go, but how & why they must go there.
Just a suggestion. Been there - done that.
Regards,
Chief38
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