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Anyone have a 2-prong spanner tool to adjust the ball for the hinge adjustment to put the gun back on face? If you have any of the tools, specs for the tool or a new version of the tool, Id like to purchase one or use the specs to make a new one. Can anyone help a Lefever fan??


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Buck Hamlin in Missouri may have one. Have you posted on the Lefever site, the L.C., and Parker?

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Mike, easy enough to make one. Measure the hole spacing on your gun, drill two holes, proper diameter, through some flat steel bar stock, and attach spanner pins to the bar. I guess you can use threaded attachments, or soldered, or press fit to attach pins.

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Mike I could make one for you

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Mike, there are smarter Lefever mechanics than me out there, but, I have found that making a round headed "banger" to break the rust loose goes a long way toward making the spanner effective. I refer to my "banger" as "The Lefever Tool". I've only ever bought one loose Lefever in 65 years of collecting, so I don't need a spanner. If I ever need one, I'll call you.

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Originally Posted By: eightbore
Mike, there are smarter Lefever mechanics than me out there, but, I have found that making a round headed "banger" to break the rust loose goes a long way toward making the spanner effective. I refer to my "banger" as "The Lefever Tool". I've only ever bought one loose Lefever in 65 years of collecting, so I don't need a spanner. If I ever need one, I'll call you.


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Thanks Daryl.


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Buck Hamlin in Missouri may have one. Have you posted on the Lefever site, the L.C., and Parker?

Good luck


I haven't posted on those sites yet. I have contacted the Lefever powers that be though.


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When I made my tool for the spanner type ball screws, I used the needle bearing rollers from an old automotive universal joint for the pins. These compensating screws are usually very hard to move after being in place for well over 100 years. Tapping with a brass drift punch and long soaks with a good penetrating oil are highly recommended before even attempting to move the screw. The slotted type is easier to get loose without doing damage than the spanner type, and even they can be very hard to turn. A lot of people mangle both types by being impatient and using wrong tools and techniques. The ones I have removed have a very slight taper to the threads, and there seems to be a slight taper in the female threads in the action knuckle. Keith Kearcher said it was sometimes necessary to carefully polish the threads in order to get them to go in a bit deeper. Don't lose it, because they are a bastard size thread, and you don't see used replacements being sold very often.

As eightbore says, it is very rare to need to make adjustments using the compensating screw. Most of the time, the problem is not that the gun is off face, but rather wear in the bolt or the bolting surface on the rib extension. If this is the case, it is not that difficult to make a new bolt that is several thousandths thicker. The older pivot opener guns had a separate compensating screw just behind the dolls head rib extension to take up bolting wear. Incorrectly adjusting the compensating screw in the action knuckle can create other problems with engagement of the pin in the barrel lump and the cocking lever.


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