TT-33 busing stuck

[kestak]

Greetings,

I am stuck...huh...The bushing of my newly bought TT-33 is stuck. I depressed the spring cap and it does not want to turn. I removed the slide, (got the spring to fly through the room) and I can't still make it turn to remove the barrel. I tried with a rubber hammer, putting a piece of wood on it and hitting the wood. I tried clockwise, counter clockwise. It does not move.

As of now, it is soaking into WD-40 but I am really not confident it will unstuck it.

Anyone has already been in that quagmire?

Thank you

 

[kestak]

Greetings,

UPDATE: This morning I was able to remove the bushing: I fixed the cannon on my jaw anvil and used a punch with a hammer to make it turn. When it began to turn, I taped my hammer head with electric tape and hit it until it turned 180 degrees. To put it back, I had to use the hammer, but not the punch.

Thank you

 

[Texastbird]

Man, that is tight! Is this the Pistol that Aim Surplus is selling?