white smoke
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There are a lot of suggestions for the Uberti short arbor fix and here is mine. I have done a few like this and it really seems to work well. My latest purchase is a Cimarron Uberti 1861 Navy with a date code of "21". All in all the revolver is beautifully fit and finished. My standard procedure with a new pistol is to take it completely apart and do some basic polishing and clean up. Of course the arbor was a bit short and the wedge slipped in and out too easily. I clean the hole that the arbor goes in to with alcohol and set the barrel assembly aside. I then take a small piece of J B steel stick and knead it thoroughly and make a ball of about 25 caliber and drop it in. I put a light coat of silicone on the tip of the arbor. Then I put the barrel assembly and cylinder on and tap the wedge in tight. If the wedge goes in too far too easily I pull it apart and make another smaller ball and repeat the procedure. Next I push the wedge in just until the spring pops up. I let it set like that over night. This procedure has worked very well for me. The picture shows the imprint from the tip of the arbor.