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Got my 20# recoil spring and 18# hammer spring from Wolff. The recoil spring was a breeze but my old stiff arthritic fingers and the hammer spring do not work well at all. Haven't got it in yet but will try again another day.

A vise works really good. It Helps to keep that little sucker from shootin off into the next room.

My first attempt resulted in massive failure, too!!! I was lucky some friends happened to show up and we did it no problem. But I ended up figuring a fairly simple way to do it and I'll tell you in case you want to try.

I take out the assembly with the paperclip (I'm assuming you got that far?), use a bit of scrap cardboard or paper to protect the upper end and clamp that sucker with vice-grips. TIGHT! Then using a pair of 6" wire cutters (the edges of the cutting blades are fairly thin...) I put them in the upper part of the spring (this is where the thinness of the blades is a plus) like I'm trying to cut the rod the spring is on (doesn't have to be held tightly) and push downward on the wire-cutters which will force the spring down. Push it down far enough (1/2" or so) and drop the mag release block over it so you can see the little hole (good light helps) and stick in the paperclip. It can be a real pain and take a couple of attempts but I've found MY old hands can do it in around 5-10 minutes on a good day. I also hold the paperclip in my mouth at the ready (like my mother probably woulda told me not to do... ) so as soon as that hole is visible I can stick that clip in and DONE! Make sure that little washer doesn't get lost in the process, too. I was surprised how easy it became to do it by myself. Originally it took 2 people and my first attempt, like I said, was massive failure. I even posted about it asking for ideas. Now, it's no big deal. Good luck!

...dang...!...mine was a breeze.. ..I had big trouble getting the slide back on....till I accidentally discovered it went back on easier using my other hand....!

I said screw it and let an armorer do all the springs for $20. I tried once, a spring went flying then the p64 spend 3 years in the safe untill I saw the forum admin here was selling what i lost.

Doing the same for my GF's P64

Solved my problem. Am going for a 40 mile drive tomorrow to see my gunsmith. Made trip today. Smithy charged $5.00.
Took him all of 5 minutes.

My Wolff kit is in the mail. Got some tools from Bushnell's. Small hollow ground screw driver set, and drift punches. Pretty cheap. Hope it goes well!

chestertnted wrote:My Wolff kit is in the mail. Got some tools from Bushnell's. Small hollow ground screw driver set, and drift punches. Pretty cheap. Hope it goes well!

Don't wanna be a "negative nellie" but other than taking the grips off, the screwdriver(s) aren't gonna do you any good changing that hammer spring. All you need (as I outline above) is a vice or vice-grips to hold the assembly, a paperclip (decidedly NOT a sophisticated gunsmithing tool) and some way to compress the spring so the block can be removed, spring changed and block replaced. No screwdriver or punch needed.

Yeah I know I did not need everything, but I do not have any gunsmithing tools, and thought I should. One video I watched a punch was used to drive a pin out, so might be of use. Thank you for the input though.

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