Springfield TRP field stripping and re-assembly

[sephknite]

Hey everyone. I just picked up my SA TRP Operator (9105 model) and took it to my friend's house. The recoil spring on this gun is TIGHT!! Anyway, we took it apart to grease it up with some Break Free CLP. The biggest snag we hit was the bushing.

The package comes with a 90-degree angle pin that's used to 'supposedly' remove the bushing/housing for the guide rod. We found out, however, that this pin was too big, so we tried a paper clip and cut off the length we needed to remove the guide rod/housing. That was a bit of a mistake when part of the damn clip snapped. After about 30 minutes to thumb-killing action, we managed to get the rest of the clip out and used a thicker metal. Needless to say, this was quite painful. Would anyone happen to have a better way to taking the guide rod/housing out of the TRP operator?

The 2nd snag we hit was putting the slide stop back. There is a retractable pin protruding from the safety, and it has to be pushed back to put the slide stop back. Any suggestions for that one?

[Cazach]

Ask Springfield for another disassembly "tool". They are pretty good about stuff like this.

When you reinstall the slide stop, the plunger needs to be pushed back slightly. You can do this with a small screwdriver or simply push the slide stock up (rolling it over the plunger) while pushing it into place. Do not try to push it all the way in the frame until it is all the way up against the plunger as this can lead to the greatest sin possible on a 1911: "The idiot scratch". FYI the spring in the plunger tube is usually stiff when new and it will soften with a little use.

[ghideon]

I have one of these. It shoots extremely well, and that's an understatement.

For the guide rod, I use the paper clip trick. The little angled thing they gave you is to help disassemble the mainspring housing, which I've done on my other SA but not the TRP. Like you, I tried cutting it to the length I needed to get the guide rod out. It's actually easier if you take a short length, stick it through the hole, and then bend it in a skinny U shape so you can remove the rod.

The slide stop is an even bigger pain, because it feels like you need three hands to get that bad boy back in. Somehow, they want you to line up the stop with the notch, while pushing the stop at the right angle, while you're fighting against the recoil spring pressure wrt to the slide. My non-TRP SA is nowhere near as hard.

I line up the barrel link with the hole, and then get the slide stop 'started.' I take a small flat head screwdriver and depress the plunger enough to get the slide stop in there. Then line the stop up with the notch, and press in.

With practice, you should be able to put it back together in under 10min.

[sephknite]

Thx for the advice, guys. It's gonna take lots of practice and painful thumb-killing action for me to get used to all this--especially with the spring. That thing is pretty tight and removing the guide rod/housing was pretty scary knowing how much pressure the spring must be under.

[bear308]

where are you located, if you want you can drop by the Firing Line and I'll go over it with you.

[EricCartmann]

paperclip trick works for me too.

once you get the paperclip through the hole. bend both ends of the paperclip towards the end of the guide rod so it parallels the guide rod. then the guide rod along with the paperclip still in the hole, spring, and bushing will just slide right out of the slide as one piece.

[cho034442]