Any tips on how to do this? I put a drop of Tri-Flow on each side and moved it back and forth about a hundred times and it's still stickier than I would like. Do I have a choice other than trying to drive out the retention rod so I can clean and polish the contact surfaces?
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Solution!
Step 1: Ignore the timestamps that show how impatient I am (Though this wasn't the first time I tried to loosen this up).
Step 2: Watch youtube for 20 minutes while flipping the breech around an obnoxious number of times. While doing this, swab up the nasty crap that works its way out and re-apply Tri-Flow as needed.
Step 3: Enjoy smooth roto-breech action.
The worst part of the sticky must have been really close to the middle, because it took a lot of cycling, and then loosened up all at once. -
Remove the rods, it’ll be worth it in the long run. Hint - don’t lose the grub screws as they’re a thread not easily found...4BA. I’ve had to order some from the mother land.Comment
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I tried to push the rod out and was met with a lot of resistance. From looking around on the forum it seems they often have to be removed with the body in soft jaws and tap them out with a hammer? That seems crappy....
I guess I'll prep for it by putting a little lubricant on the ends of the rods under the grub screws, closing it back up, and letting it soak until I get around to it.Comment
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As Jordan said there's videos of it on Youtube. You'll need an M2 screw to thread in the ends of the rod after removing the grub screws. I use needle nose pliers pressed against the handle of another set of pliers. That way I can get leverage on pulling on the M2 screw while avoiding any damage to the Angel's body.Comment
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And then in 1 extreme case had to use a war hammer. This was on an Angel that must have slept in a puddle for 20 years.Comment
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The breech rod down the driver’s side is 2 rods. The front one pulls out the front and the rear out the back. After removing the 2 set screws circles below.Comment
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Wait, the end of the rod has an M2 female thread in it used to pull it out?? What an unnecessarily difficult design when the rod could have just been drilled all the way through...Comment
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Drilling long holes with a large Length/diameter ratio is wayyyyy harder than you'd think!Comment
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The holes drilled through the body are already as long as or longer than the hole that would be through the breech. Instead they just drilled in a little bit on both ends. I guess it saved them one longer hole in exchange for the two short ones, but it's definitely more awkward. I think putting tiny threads in the end of a rod is just as difficult as drilling that extra inch through the breech, but then I am only a hobby machinist so who knows.
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It being 2 rods allow you to control the forward and aft position of the breech. You can get both seams to be the same.Comment
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