tokarev advice badly needed

[c919]

i bought a tokarev 7.62x25mm pistol today and i am having some trouble with it.this gun is in great condition, in fact it looks like it is brand new. i got home and began to strip her down for some cleaning (it is covered in grease/cosmoline).

Problem: i cant get the barrel bushing to rotate at all. thus i cant take the barrel out to continue the field strip.

i have tried taking the slide off first and removing the spring and then trying to rotate it, wouldnt budge. next i reassembled it and tried pushing the rod dowm from the muzzle end and then tried to rotate it. nothing!

the only way i got it to budge at all was by removing the spring/guide rod and putting a steel rod through the guide rod hole and hammering it. but this only barely budged it. i mean iv really put some force to this thing and it is not moving.

im really confused, please help.... i really want to get this thing cleaned up so i can take it to the range.

 

[NC-Mike]

Are you turning it clockwise?

Do as you were doing. Insert the punch and drift it as far as it will go with a hammer, than grip it with a padded jaw plier and turn it the rest of the way. You need to go 180 degrees.

some heat may help or just let it soak in penetrating oil overnight

http://www.surplusrifle.com/pistoltt33/disassemble/index.asp

 

[c919]

yeah i was using the surplusrifle.com instructions and was turning clockwise. im gonna try an overnight lube soak and a padded vice grip in the morning.

any other ideas?????????????

 

[NC-Mike]

I would stay with the drift pin and keep tapping it with a hammer to get it to move. Pad the slide and stick it in a vise to make that easier.

Use a punch pin with as close a diameter to the hole in the bushing as you have.

You could also take a shot at moving it using a brass drift on the edge of the bushing. That would be easy once the gun itself is in a vise.

 

[c919]

am i at high risk of doing worse damage by using force?

 

[rcmodel]

Yes.

Heat it up with a heat-gun, or carefully with a propane torch first and see if it is just stuck with dried grease before resorting to brute force.

rc