Quinc 0 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Bolt release was stuck up inside the receiver, I was able to fix that, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the damn spring back on the bolt release. Any body have any tips? This is a 100% stock Saiga12. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulyski 2,227 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Hemostats or a dental pick are easiest. Or try lacing dental floss under it & pulling it up. You may want to flip it up & notch the dog-ear that the spring rests on beforehand though so it doesn't happen again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slostang 80 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Lots of foul language usually does the trick for me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Dual 43 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Get a few turns of dental floss under the spring, and you can lift it with that so it snaps into place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
msrdiver 42 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Listen for where it hits the floor and in what direction it slides. Ha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kona2004 0 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Glad it wasn't just me. I did my first conversion a couple weeks ago and had never been so frustrated working on a gun as I was trying to get the axis pin through the spring. I probably spent more time on this single step than I did the rest of the conversion combined. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulyski 2,227 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I grip one of the top of the coils with hemostats & I can just push the coil down & slide the pin through. Then I use hemostats or a dental pick to lift the short end of the BHO spring onto the dog-ear & since it's notched, it just falls into place & I'm done with that part. Probably takes me a minuet. My first time I used the "lot of foul language" method though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kyvtx1300 5 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I pushed a punch through to give me leverage and make it easy to assemble the parts, then used the pin to push the punch out. A little wiggling and the spring stayed in place and the pin slid right in. Then I took it all apart and did some dremal work on the BHO so the safety lever would slide in properly. The punch trick worked well on the second assembly too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
washburnizer 8 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Just started my convesion tonight, on an S12. Used dental floss as well! Also used wire to make a little hook tool Much easier than trying to do it like the CSS videos. Love those videos, but for the BHO spring, there are easier ways. Notch is a must. CSS videos do tell you that too. What works best for creating the notch? File, dremel, ect? i used a file. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulyski 2,227 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Just started my convesion tonight, on an S12. Used dental floss as well! Also used wire to make a little hook tool Much easier than trying to do it like the CSS videos. Love those videos, but for the BHO spring, there are easier ways. Notch is a must. CSS videos do tell you that too. What works best for creating the notch? File, dremel, ect? i used a file. I just tap it with a dremel-like cut off wheel on a pneumatic micro-grinder (air-dremel) for a second. Files work great too. It's easier not to mess up with a file. Setting the spring & picking up the spring end with needlenose pliers or hemostats is easy, but you need good, nicely machined fine tools. The cheap consumer tools that people usually run across don't work as well & the spring slips out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
washburnizer 8 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Appreciate your input. Thanks. Will be "notchin" mine tomorrow. Jumped off more than once on me already. Easy to put it back with my wire hook though. Haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leadsled 40 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Glad it wasn't just me. I did my first conversion a couple weeks ago and had never been so frustrated working on a gun as I was trying to get the axis pin through the spring. I probably spent more time on this single step than I did the rest of the conversion combined. Haha......me too....and watching the CSS video made me angrier because they do everything with such ease. More than a couple times I was tempted to bury the gun in the pasture behind my house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quinc 0 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Appreciate your input. Thanks. Will be "notchin" mine tomorrow. Jumped off more than once on me already. Easy to put it back with my wire hook though. Haha. Thats what I ended up doing, my dad looked at it for about 10 seconds and made me up a wire hook. Put the notch in so hopefully it doesn't come back off. Now just have to figure out why the damn pin wants to keep coming out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
datrowl 111 Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I got me a special set of needle nose pliers just for this step, offset handle, jaws on em are prolly 6 inches long and VERY thin.... love those damn pliers..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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