1911 thumb saftey issues

[patkeltx]

I have failed to follow proper disassembly procedures on my Springfield 1911. I removed the mainspring housing prior to removing the thumb saftey. Now the sear spring has become dislodged and I'm stuck! Can anyone provide me with the steps now needed to recover from this! Thanks in advance

 

[Walkalong]

You will need to remove the thumb safety & grip safety to get it back in. Google 1911 dissasembly on U-Tube. Lots of videos showing how.

Welcome to THR

 

[patkeltx]

I have watched all videos on utube. I didn't see any that addresses what I'm faced with. My thumb saftey will not move to removal position due to the fact that I removed the trigger spring housing prior to removal of thumb saftey.

 

[j21blackjack]

I'm not understanding the problem. My 1911 thumb safety comes out as long as the hammer is cocked. Can you post a picture, maybe then I could understand.

 

[David E]

Cock the hammer. Push it forward. If it moves forward, the sear (the funky 1/2 moon shaped part) did not engage the hammer.

Cock the hammer again, push the lower legs of the sear so that it does engage the hammer. (push forward on the hammer to check)

When the hammer stays cocked, maintain slight pressure on the hammer to ensure the sear doesn't rotate forward.

Engage the thumb safety.

Pull the thumb safety straight out to the left while keeping it more or less in the upward position and complete the disassembly.

 

[patkeltx]

My appoligies for not describing my status properly. The main spring housing was removed without holding down the grip safty. Now the sear spring has dislodged from the sear. hammer will not stay cocked so that I may remove the thumb safty. If I reinstall the mainspring housing the hammer still will not stay cocked. At a loss as to how to correct. Last time I cleaned the gun I had the grip safty secured with a rubber band. All went very well. This time I forgot to secure the grip safty.

 

[David E]

Read what I wrote above your post. It's an easy fix.

Without the sear spring in place to provide tension on the sear, YOU need to place the sear in the proper position.

The procedure is described in post # 5

On a side note, it sounds like your cleaning procedure could use some adjustments.

 

[Walkalong]

David E has it.

Don't feel bad. I have done it accidentally. Did not mean to, but let the spring slip out while swapping mainspring housings.

See David E's post.

 

[David E]

patkeltx, did you get both my PM's ?

 

[patkeltx]

YES, thanks for your help. Us newbies learn the hard way!

 

[patkeltx]

David, thanks for your help. All worked out perfect.

 

[David E]

SUCCESS ! Glad to hear you got it worked out.

NOW you know !

 

[tommysempra]

when disassembling mine the first time i found this link to be of great help

http://drstrangegun.blogspot.com/2009/01/finally-1911-breakdown.html