el_presidente
02-06-2015, 06:22 PM
So I got my PM45 last night and took it apart... three times. Had a strange problem and I'm not sure what to attribute it to:
Took it apart and put it together with only relatively minor hassle from the slide stop pin (better than I previously experienced). When I racked the slide, however, sometimes - not always - but sometimes the slide would have a forward and backward loose play to it that was definitely noticeable... at least 1/4 inch, maybe more. On top of that, I could draw the slide back maybe 1/2 inch from the start and it was possible to lightly release it, causing it to hang up and "stick." So I took it apart for the second time, and everything looked fine. The recoil spring looked like it was appropriately placed on the lug, I figured I must have done something wrong with the slide stop pin somehow. So I put it back together, and had the same problem. Took it apart time #3, removed the recoil spring and inspected it to make sure the springs were facing the correct way (they were). Reset everything, did it a third time and now no more problems. Strange. Is there an easy explanation here? Was it really the spring, or did I screw up the slide stop pin twice?
Took it apart and put it together with only relatively minor hassle from the slide stop pin (better than I previously experienced). When I racked the slide, however, sometimes - not always - but sometimes the slide would have a forward and backward loose play to it that was definitely noticeable... at least 1/4 inch, maybe more. On top of that, I could draw the slide back maybe 1/2 inch from the start and it was possible to lightly release it, causing it to hang up and "stick." So I took it apart for the second time, and everything looked fine. The recoil spring looked like it was appropriately placed on the lug, I figured I must have done something wrong with the slide stop pin somehow. So I put it back together, and had the same problem. Took it apart time #3, removed the recoil spring and inspected it to make sure the springs were facing the correct way (they were). Reset everything, did it a third time and now no more problems. Strange. Is there an easy explanation here? Was it really the spring, or did I screw up the slide stop pin twice?