1911 build, another thread, another question. Sear spring too short?

[Spyder]

I'm not very familiar with the platform, and this is my first one that I'm learning it all on. It's a TM 80% and a Sarco kit. Everything else is done and ready to go and seems to fit great, but I can't seem to get the grip safety and thumb safety figured out.

It seems to me, after messing with it for the afternoon, that when I put the grip safety in place and then put the thumb safety through the hole, the grip right side prong of the flat spring slips under where it should catch on the grip safety. I haven't yet figured out if that's what is actually happening, or how to prevent it.

What am I doing wrong, and how much am I going to kick myself when the answer is obvious and easy?

[Spyder]

Yeeup, it was painfully obvious.

I just needed to bend the right side tab out. It was too close to the frame, and not even coming out far enough to hit the safety.

Set the tools down, go eat some food, come back and figure it out in 30 seconds. Sometimes that's all it takes!

[Spyder]

Not solved. Damnitt.

Not going to have time to screw with it for a couple days now, but there's still a bunch of confusion about what I'm screwing up.

[kcstott]

Not solved. Damnitt.

Not going to have time to screw with it for a couple days now, but there's still a bunch of confusion about what I'm screwing up.

Go over to Klstottlemyer.com click on the prints page, click on the 1911 prints I believe I have four sets up sets up, the first link is the Rio benson consulting set and they are very detailed prints. there is a print for the spring.

Also on that page is Kuhnhausen's books on the 1911

Enjoy

[tr6guns]

From your explanation its hard to follow what your problem is. First, on the three tab sear spring the left one is for the little tabs on the lower part of the sear itself. The middle one is for the Disconnector and Trigger Bar, and the Right one is for placing tension on the right side of the Grip Safety and the Main Spring Housing holds the Sear Spring in place. There is no spring as per say for the Thumb Safety. Sometimes you will need to bend the spring tabs up or down a little to provide the right amount of tension for operation. If you bend too much it changes the (length) distance and could end up being to short for proper operation..