need help installing ghost connector

[Captiontom]

I bought a ghost pro 3.3 connector for my glock 34 along with a spring kit. with the pro connector installed I can't get my pistol to fire. I know you have to shorten the tab and I feel like I have already gone more than enough.

I know you have to get it off the drop safety bump. This is how far off it is






I also tried bending the connector. I bent it out further than necessary, in further and then the bend angle that is recommended. still no luck



Length of the tab


I don't know if this is the problem but unless I'm holding the connector to the trigger bar, like in the first two photos, this happens.







The trigger bar keeps popping off the connector. This isn't an issue with the factory connector.


Do I just need to keep filing down the over travel tab or is there something else wrong?

[tonyxcom]

need help installing ghost connector

Keep filing and test fitting. It will drive you mad how much you have to file. If you had the orange slide cover in back you could easily see how much more you need to go.

Bend the trigger bar back to the factory angle.

I went through this process only to find out it was the spongiest/creepiest connector I've ever felt so I took it out before shooting with it once.

[Corbin Dallas]

This is why I use factory parts.

Sorry you are going through this. I have had zero good luck with ghost parts. Glockworks on the other hand has been a joy to work with.

[96snake]

Keep filing and test fitting. It will drive you mad how much you have to file. If you had the orange slide cover in back you could easily see how much more you need to go.

Bend the trigger bar back to the factory angle.

I went through this process only to find out it was the spongiest/creepiest connector I've ever felt so I took it out before shooting with it once.

x1000000

Couldn't agree more

[SmellOfCordite]

It sure drove me mad but the results were fantastic. Plus if you go too far they will send you a new one. I got it right, but it's a lot of fitting.

[CK_32]

I don't know about the pro connector but I have a 17 with a 3.5 Ghost and $0.25 job in it and love it. Plan on doing it with my 23 as well.


My 23 is almost unshootible.

[crufflers]

I have had good luck with the drop in 3.5 / Ultimate connectors and the Rocket (which you fit). I used a dremel on the Rocket fitting so it only took me a couple tries and it was right where it should be. Unless something screwy is going on with assembly, you need to remove more material. Watching the parts move in the frame it should be obvious what's happening or not happening if you are even a little mechanically inclined. Maybe reset and put it back to stock and really study the function before reinstalling the Ghost parts and finishing the job.

[96snake]

Them are some working hands!

[Biigg50]

I've done many Rockets, great connector. I'm currently running an Ultra in my G23 and an Evo in my G35. The Evo is my all time favorite.
All of their connectors work great when properly fitted, gust be patient and file till it works.

[Captiontom]

I have had good luck with the drop in 3.5 / Ultimate connectors and the Rocket (which you fit). I used a dremel on the Rocket fitting so it only took me a couple tries and it was right where it should be. Unless something screwy is going on with assembly, you need to remove more material. Watching the parts move in the frame it should be obvious what's happening or not happening if you are even a little mechanically inclined. Maybe reset and put it back to stock and really study the function before reinstalling the Ghost parts and finishing the job.

I've studied the stock configuration a bunch. I wish I bought the orange half slide cover. I've taken my glock apart so many times I can do it with my eyes closed.

edit: I just had to take off some more of the tab. There is probably only a quarter of the original tab remaining. Right now there is zero over travel. I just take up the slack, apply some pressure and it fires. I'll try it out tomorrow. I have a feeling I will need to put in a little over travel to make it reliable. Time to try different arrangements of striker springs, trigger return springs and safety plunger springs

[crufflers]

I've studied the stock configuration a bunch. I wish I bought the orange half slide cover. I've taken my glock apart so many times I can do it with my eyes closed.

edit: I just had to take off some more of the tab. There is probably only a quarter of the original tab remaining. Right now there is zero over travel. I just take up the slack, apply some pressure and it fires. I'll try it out tomorrow. I have a feeling I will need to put in a little over travel to make it reliable. Time to try different arrangements of striker springs, trigger return springs and safety plunger springs

Sounds good. Yeah mine is like that, where there is zero over travel. It does feel a bit odd, though I think that is what it is supposed to achieve. I thought exactly the same thing about maybe taking a bit more off, but it never fails to fire or reset. Of course I have the Rocket so it might be a bit different, but it looks very similar. Glad you got it to drop the striker. Let us know if it takes more adjusting.

[Captiontom]

Sounds good. Yeah mine is like that, where there is zero over travel. It does feel a bit odd, though I think that is what it is supposed to achieve. I thought exactly the same thing about maybe taking a bit more off, but it never fails to fire or reset. Of course I have the Rocket so it might be a bit different, but it looks very similar. Glad you got it to drop the striker. Let us know if it takes more adjusting.

I ended up taking off just a little more of the tab. I didn't like the feel of zero over travel. it probably only has a hundredth of an inch of over travel. I was using the four pound striker spring but had a high number of light strikes with winchester primers. I cut a few coil off the stock spring to make an intermediate spring between stock and reduced power. I added the reduced power safety plunger spring and feel no difference. The extra power trigger return spring brought the weight down some but gave a slow reset so I put the stock one back in. When I finish my current gallon of milk I will make a ghetto trigger pull gauge and measure the weight.

I really liked the pull weight of the reduced power spring, but until I get my hands on federal primers it's the intermediate power spring for me. In the end it was worth my time. I'm not sure what the mushy feel people complain about is.

[tonyxcom]

Mine had a lot of creep before it broke. I am not referring to the Glock take up either. I am referring to the amount of movement from the wall to the break. This may be because all factory springs were used but I refuse to use lighter power striker springs.

Connector's act different from Glock to Glock. Just the nature of the beast. But for me it seemed even the Glock Minus connector was less creepy than the two Ghost connectors I tried.

[Captiontom]

Mine had a lot of creep before it broke. I am not referring to the Glock take up either. I am referring to the amount of movement from the wall to the break. This may be because all factory springs were used but I refuse to use lighter power striker springs.

Connector's act different from Glock to Glock. Just the nature of the beast. But for me it seemed even the Glock Minus connector was less creepy than the two Ghost connectors I tried.

when I hit the "wall" it a small amount of travel before the break. I like it this way because it is smooth all they way through with consistent weight. I guess it is what someone would describe as a rolling break. The exact point it breaks ins't predictable but it is smooth and consistent throughout the process

[Roering]

It looks like you may have shortened it too far. To be sure ask the fine people at block talk. I installed the ghost along with performing the .25 trigger job and it does wonders. Don't give up on it.