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Hi all,

I heard the recoil spring mod has been covered a few times here,but I can't find it.

Can someone please direct me to the previous posts on having to grind down the ends of the spring?

I've decided to go with the 22# recoil spring,and a 20# hammer spring.Think I know what to do with the hammer spring,but now I need to know why? grind the recoil spring.Some say one end,some say both ends.

Would appreciate finding all the links I can to the recoil spring mod.

thanks,
Don

Don

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NORM

Hi Norm,
Thanks for the info. So,it IS necessary to grind both ends of the recoil spring flat?-I have to take a look at the original,and try to dupicate whatever shape that one has.

Maybe a dumb question but Why grind the ends at all?
Don

After talking with a member here,I decided to go with a 22# recoil,and a 20# hammer spring.
Already have them from wolf's

I put a new recoil spring in my P64 and I had a lot of trouble getting the slide back on. After reading about someone else having trouble and Norm advising them to grind the ends, I tried only one end and it fixed it. Another one of my P64's I didn't have to grind them at all to get the slide back together. So each one is different. Should a person still grind the ends? By the way, the end I used the grinder on was the tight end, the end that goes on first.

Thanks,
I'd like to get some more feedback on this topic.
Norm?

Don

electross wrote:I put a new recoil spring in my P64 and I had a lot of trouble getting the slide back on. After reading about someone else having trouble and Norm advising them to grind the ends, I tried only one end and it fixed it. Another one of my P64's I didn't have to grind them at all to get the slide back together. So each one is different. Should a person still grind the ends? By the way, the end I used the grinder on was the tight end, the end that goes on first.

Don
just like electross said some of them fit and some of them don't and you need t to finish the ends of the spring to make some of them fit .
NORM

OK,thanks Norm,
I guess,First I'll take a look at the stock spring. Then try the 22# spring as it came from Wolff's,and if I have any problems,then I guess its time to get the grinder out.
thanks,
Don