Posted: 10/21/2011 1:19:55 PM EDT
| How many springs are in the glock? I found a small one during diss assembly ive never seen before. |
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Here are some videos showing detail strip:
HD Full Detail Strip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV0wDDFV0NY Detail strip 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExL6MIq4Fc Detail strip 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgnrRDtfq68 Reassembly 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpniw70xA4 Reassembly 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBh1zpTbiKs On the following page are some Glock Armorer's Manuals, just scroll down to the "G" section. I learned from the Update Manual and 2009 Manual. The 2009 Manual has a few pages missing, but that info can be found in the Update Manual as well. (the author of that site specifically requested not to hotlink to his page) http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm Here's an easy way to disassemble and reassemble the firing pin assembly: http://glocktalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=17097446&postcount=3 Slide Stop change/install: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQbYqWBLa9w (^^^DO NOT use a mallet to force the pins, move the slide stop forward and backward, up and down, until the trigger pin slides relatively freely through) Correct slide stop spring position: http://glocktalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15738529&postcount=3 Magazine disassembly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpRquLIpolc NOTE: Older followers attach to the spring by putting the end of the magazine spring coil through a plastic loop on the bottom of the follower(like the follower you see in the above video). The newest followers don't have that loop, they simply have two plastic ledges to hold the spring in place, so pull the spring out of the follower until it "pops" out of the follower and push the spring into the bottom of the follower until the spring "pops" into place in the bottom of the follower. Here's a video showing how to change the magazine catch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE_AM6GWVsQ (removing all of those other parts is not necessary, I guess he does it just to get them out of the way) I'd wrap the screwdriver lightly in masking tape or thin electrical tape so it doesn't scratch any plastic. Better yet, use something with a rounded end like a curved dental pick. If you need to change the mag catch spring, you can use a pair of needlenose pliers to pull the spring out and push the new one in, I'd wrap the pliers lightly in masking tape as well. There isn't a very good video for removing the slide lock and slide lock spring. You can use the Glock tool(3/32 inch punch) to depress the spring while you remove the slide lock, but removing the spring ideally you need something thinner like a 1/16 inch punch or even thinner. To remove the slide lock you push the spring down closest to the slide lock, while holding the spring down you tilt the frame to the side and wiggle the slide lock around until it falls out. Then you put the thin punch under the slide lock spring from the rear of the frame, move the tip of the punch up to where the spring goes into the frame, and gently incrementally work the spring upward. Take note of which way the spring goes back in. When putting the slide lock back in, it should be positioned like this: http://tinypic.com/r/2zxw6s1/7 |
| unless something breaks or needs to be replaced there is no need to detail strip a glock frame. you might need to detail strip a slide every 5k or so to clean firing pin channel and extractor recess, but other than the small spring that controls the firing pin block all other springs are captive on guide rods /assemblies so that would be the only "loose" spring |
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I'm agreeing that the only small springs Glocks have is the firing pin safety spring and the trigger spring. Unless the gun came with a NY series trigger spring. The NY springs have a small coil spring in them.
Here's a picture of both the NY-1 trigger spring and the standard coil trigger spring. 
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