I recently acquired a 686-3 with the front side plate screw missing. My research tells me that S&W re-engineered the yoke retention system on the 686-3 variant. Could someone explain what Smith changed and possibly what part(s) I'm missing? Thanks!
686-3 1988 new yoke retention system
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Which screw is missing?
New vs old.
The new yoke screw (left) is larger (8x36), with a spring loaded plunger vs the screw pilot on the older system.
Carter
The new yoke screw (left) is larger (8x36), with a spring loaded plunger vs the screw pilot on the older system.
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Very informative and clears up a lot of confusion. Thank you Carter!
Approximately, when did they change over to the spring tensioned yoke screw? Great post, Carter, thanks.New vs old.
The new yoke screw (left) is larger (8x36), with a spring loaded plunger vs the screw pilot on the older system.
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The 686-3, which had the engineering changeover to the new yoke retention system, was introduced in 1988
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The yoke screw for the earlier, smaller sized screw must be fitted. In a factory setting, takes a little time; time is money. Users who disassemble the 3 sideplate screws have a tendency to be less than careful to replace them whence they removed them. "My cylinder doesn't open/close right!". The spring loaded screw solves that, except the yoke/cylinder assembly can sometimes go flying in the midst of an overly aggressive speed reload. Never happened to me and I've done 1000's of speed reloads, but I can certainly see how it could happen if the screw was a tad loose.
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