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Posted: 9/17/2017 6:48:42 AM EDT
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If it can not be compressed enough to install then how will it compress even further for the extractor lip to go over the case? Some bolts with some extractors don't hardly have room for a normal spring. I would put it in the parts box for a different bolt and install a Colt gold colored spring with the black insert.
If it is something just got to have you may have to try a different extractor, bolt, or both. |
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Posted: 9/17/2017 10:34:16 AM EDT
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Stronger fingers would help.
I have springs and orings on my rifles. Never had a problem installing the extractors. If it doesn't work, time to use something else. |
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Posted: 9/17/2017 12:54:22 PM EDT
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Press the side of the bolt and extractor against a hard surface like a tables edge while you put the pin back in.
Been there done that many times. |
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Posted: 9/18/2017 9:42:05 AM EDT
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Don’t use the o-ring.
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Posted: 9/18/2017 4:12:49 PM EDT
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Do not use a pair of channel locks with a rag to squeeze it together.....
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Posted: 9/21/2017 8:06:09 PM EDT
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Press the side of the bolt and extractor against a hard surface like a tables edge while you put the pin back in. Been there done that many times. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 8:24:26 PM EDT
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Use a small gas line clamp. Like a radiator hose clamp on smaller. Slide it on, crank the screw down good and tight and put the pin in. Then remove the clamp.
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:34:11 PM EDT
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Unless the OP has unusually weak hands/fingers, if he has to use tools to install an extractor then the parts he's trying to install are most likely putting too much tension on the extractor. Even with an Oring plus spring and insert, I have no problems installing the extractor. It's tighter than spring and insert alone but not a problem to install it.
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Posted: 9/22/2017 9:22:53 PM EDT
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I have been fiddling for about an hour with trying to re insert the extractor retaining pin with the BCM Extractor spring... I have watched videos on how to put it back but there is no way it should be this difficult. Is there a secret to it? Any helpful tips would be appreciated. What sort of videos you watched? Try watching this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGx-6OXcu0Q Important point is the spring has a wide end, you put that into the spring into the extractor groove. |
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Posted: 9/30/2017 1:21:43 PM EDT
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Don’t use the o-ring. |
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Posted: 9/30/2017 5:32:01 PM EDT
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I have been fiddling for about an hour with trying to re insert the extractor retaining pin with the BCM Extractor spring... I have watched videos on how to put it back but there is no way it should be this difficult. Is there a secret to it? Any helpful tips would be appreciated. Hopefully you've got this solved since it has been weeks, but here's my $0.02. The o-ring is generally not needed if you are using a strong extractor spring, like the BCM spring. So if you ditch the o-ring it will be much easier. Then, the extractor does not usually sit all the way back in the extractor cut-out groove. It sits just a hair forward of that. If you are putting the extractor all the way back into the groove, the pin will not want to go in. It helps to use a a punch (that is smaller than the hole) from the other side. Put it in and wiggle it around and it will center everything up. Then slide the pin in from the other side. Make sure you have some lube on the parts as well. |
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