I appreciate the reply, a fair amount of folks have been pointing towards the little nylon "gear" referred to as the ratchet, but I will examine the actuator as well. I only recently acquired this one, so am not sure of the history. (Heck, this may be
why I acquired it, but I hope that's not the case...)
Frankly, I am not certain that I have or don't have the experience to work on this little guy, I have tuned S&W and Ruger actions, built AR's and 1911s, both from bare, unfitted frames/lower-upper sets and done a few Glocks, M&Ps and what-not, but there was a point in time (some, even before the internet!
) that I had not touched one of those, either. So I'll approach this as I have those, arm myself with as much knowledge as I can, make sure I have good light, tools and knee-pads (for crawling around, looking for tiny lost widgets...
) Wish me luck and if anyone knows of a parts source (besides Numrich), let me know!