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Thread: New grip making selector hard to turn?

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    My 700 Fils here.

    I would take the grip off (hopefully you used blue Loc-Tite) and make sure that something isn't FUBAR. There may well be a problem that was overlooked. You can place the sspring in the original grip and with a Mk1 MOD0 eye ball see if there is a big difference in the protrusion of the spring.

    If you clean the screw and the hole putting new Loc-Tite on the screw and tightening it back down shouldn't be an issue.



    Quote Originally Posted by Damascus View Post
    Thanx for all the replies. I thought about removing the grip and double-checking it - but I used Loc-tite on the grip screw, and didn't want to break it loose again unless I needed to. I'll go at it again, and smear some TW25B in it (I just got my first syringe of the stuff last week, I love it!) and maybe snip off .01" of the spring or so, thanx for that idea Blankwaffe!! Thanx for all the other info too, everyone! I'll post back with results.



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    I had the same issue a while ago when changing grips. The selector would move, but it definately required more force.

    So I did like 'gunz recommends and eye-balled the spring protrusion from both grips. The replacement grip's hole was visibly shallower. So I stuck a tooth-pick into the original grip's spring hole and marked it with a pencil at the junction of the top of the hole. I then stuck the marked toothpick into the hole on the replacement grip to see about how much material needed to be removed.

    I then rummaged through my various tool-boxes and found a drill-bit that was very close to the size of the hole, and on low speed with light pressure I drilled out the hole using only brief increases in pressure and frequently checking the depth.

    When the hole was at the same depth, I stopped. Problem solved.
    Last edited by Failure2Stop; 09-12-08 at 22:06. Reason: sp
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    Mission accomplished. I just snipped a coil off the selector spring, and viola' - now it's a lot easier to move, like it used to be with the A2 grip.
    Thanx for all the help, everyone! I was a bit upset over this new grip, and now I am enjoying it as much as I wanted to when I ordered it
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