So I had the bolt tore apart on one of my "ghost" sks's last night and the extractor spring decided to disappear. banghead1 I thought no big deal I will order one from Numrich. Well I go to their website and they are sold out. Any other suggestions where I can order one online?
I did find this website, but never heard of them before, and they charge $8 shipping for a $3 spring.
http://dpharms.com/products/sks_parts/sks_extractor_spring_new.html (http://dpharms.com/products/sks_parts/sks_extractor_spring_new.html)
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks
Brian
May try murray..... he wont rape on shipping
If Murray doesn't have it, you might try these guys. No idea what shipping costs, but the price is right:
Omega Weapons Systems (520) 889-8895 (http://www.omega-weapons-systems.com/sks.html)
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on November 06, 2014, 09:56:13 AM
May try murray..... he wont rape on shipping
Thanks LC, I sent him a message.
Quote from: running-man on November 06, 2014, 10:49:50 AM
If Murray doesn't have it, you might try these guys. No idea what shipping costs, but the price is right:
Omega Weapons Systems (520) 889-8895 (http://www.omega-weapons-systems.com/sks.html)
RM I emailed Omega and they said in stock plus $3 shipping. I am trying to figure out how to order with out mailing them a check. It says no over the phone or website orders. Who does that these days? I don't have much patience for snail mail. :)
Good pricing and shipping fees at omega, but its a one man show and he is a very slow senior citizen. May take a while to receive along with a reminder or two.
Take extractor spring from other sks to hardware store.
get new spring. lol
Quote from: Worm on November 06, 2014, 11:35:25 AM
Take extractor spring from other sks to hardware store.
get new spring. lol
Have you had much success doing this? Or just a suggestion?
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on November 06, 2014, 09:56:13 AM
May try murray..... he wont rape on shipping
Heard back from Murray, and they don't currently have any.
We are trying to get Wolff to make some for us but haven’t received any samples to approve, though repeated requests have been made. Walt is a very busy man and we’re just trying to be patient so we can obtain the best gun spring we can for our customers. We’ll send an email when this finally comes to pass. (hopefully sooner than later)Guess I will go with Omega and hopefully it shows up before 2015. rofl
Omega is my secret place to get sks parts... Go away!! He only takes a check through the mail.
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: Worm on November 06, 2014, 11:35:25 AM
Take extractor spring from other sks to hardware store.
get new spring. lol
Have you had much success doing this? Or just a suggestion?
It shouldn't be that tough to do. I'll pull one of mine, calculate a spring constant and measure the diameter and uncompressed length and see what I can find on McMaster Carr. Once we find it, we'll stick the P/N in the FAQ as the "Adam and Brian magical replacement extractor spring!"
There's absolutely no reason these things should be this hard to find! silly1
Yea, no kidding, millions of these rifles, and yet, nobody has this one goofy spring. I'm sure in a far away land in a rat infested, crack whore over run, pimp palace warehouse is a big azz box of extractor springs.
Until then the magical replacement extractor spring, with added bonus parts thumb1
http://www.royaltigerimports.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SKSK0045&CartID=1
Something to consider though it isn't much help at the moment Brian. My wife ordered a spring kit (10 springs I think @ $25) a while back off eBay to replace springs in some of our guns. Shipping was free.
In fact I plan to order at least one more to have on hand!
+10
Quote from: running-man on November 06, 2014, 01:29:49 PM
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: Worm on November 06, 2014, 11:35:25 AM
Take extractor spring from other sks to hardware store.
get new spring. lol
Have you had much success doing this? Or just a suggestion?
It shouldn't be that tough to do. I'll pull one of mine, calculate a spring constant and measure the diameter and uncompressed length and see what I can find on McMaster Carr. Once we find it, we'll stick the P/N in the FAQ as the "Adam and Brian magical replacement extractor spring!"
There's absolutely no reason these things should be this hard to find! silly1
Quote from: running-man on November 06, 2014, 01:29:49 PMIt shouldn't be that tough to do. I'll pull one of mine, calculate a spring constant and measure the diameter and uncompressed length and see what I can find on McMaster Carr. Once we find it, we'll stick the P/N in the FAQ as the "Adam and Brian magical replacement extractor spring!"
There's absolutely no reason these things should be this hard to find! silly1
DANGED GOOD idea clap1
These little critters are very hard to find, I've searched several sites with no luck and I'm finding out the spring kits do not include this spring.
Quote from: running-man on November 06, 2014, 01:29:49 PM
It shouldn't be that tough to do. I'll pull one of mine, calculate a spring constant and measure the diameter and uncompressed length and see what I can find on McMaster Carr. Once we find it, we'll stick the P/N in the FAQ as the "Adam and Brian magical replacement extractor spring!"
There's absolutely no reason these things should be this hard to find! silly1
That would be awesome RM, maybe I can round something up this weekend. I went ahead and sent my check off to Omega. I ordered two, so I can put one away to forget where at when I have another bonehead accident. We will see when it shows up.
Quote from: Greasemonkey on November 06, 2014, 01:51:15 PM
Yea, no kidding, millions of these rifles, and yet, nobody has this one goofy spring. I'm sure in a far away land in a rat infested, crack whore over run, pimp palace warehouse is a big azz box of extractor springs.
Until then the magical replacement extractor spring, with added bonus parts thumb1
http://www.royaltigerimports.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SKSK0045&CartID=1
GM- I already ordered on of those for $179 last week, I must of known I was going to need some parts... rofl
Quote from: Dannyboy53 on November 06, 2014, 01:59:13 PM
Something to consider though it isn't much help at the moment Brian. My wife ordered a spring kit (10 springs I think @ $25) a while back off eBay to replace springs in some of our guns. Shipping was free.
In fact I plan to order at least one more to have on hand!
Danny, do you have a link to this spring kit off ebay? I looked through there this morning, and I could find a extractor spring, but it came with and extractor and a bolt... :o
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 02:14:55 PMDanny, do you have a link to this spring kit off ebay? I looked through there this morning, and I could find a extractor spring, but it came with and extractor and a bolt... :o
Brian this is the only one I see right now, the one we bought a few months ago was $24.99 with free shipping. Mary does all the ordering and no longer has that link, apparently the price has gone up like every danged thing else!
But I'll keep looking.
SKS Rifle Spring Rehab Kit | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SKS-Rifle-Spring-Rehab-Kit-/121270134891?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3c43686b)
Additional: I just went back and looked at the list of springs and it says nothing about an ejector spring.
Thanks Danny, probably wouldn't hurt to have one of those kits on hand, but like you mentioned I don't see the extractor spring listed. I might just tear my garage apart tonight in the general direction the spring went. :o
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 04:02:19 PM
Thanks Danny, probably wouldn't hurt to have one of those kits on hand, but like you mentioned I don't see the extractor spring listed. I might just tear my garage apart tonight in the general direction the spring went. :o
Novel idea, I did that once or twice :o, rofl rofl2 chuckles1 found all kinds of goodies, spares, . I found my chainsaw and even had a Cummins cylinder head core buried out there. rofl
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 12:06:06 PM
Quote from: Worm on November 06, 2014, 11:35:25 AM
Take extractor spring from other sks to hardware store.
get new spring. lol
Have you had much success doing this? Or just a suggestion?
Yesterday, I literally just bought a new disconnector spring for an ak at true value hardware down the road from me. I had to crimp the ends and belt sand it down a tiny tad but that's all, good as new.
(Note to self)
Thoroughly check every single sping in the rifle I received from Worm..
Quote from: Greasemonkey on November 06, 2014, 04:56:34 PM
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 04:02:19 PM
Thanks Danny, probably wouldn't hurt to have one of those kits on hand, but like you mentioned I don't see the extractor spring listed. I might just tear my garage apart tonight in the general direction the spring went. :o
Novel idea, I did that once or twice :o, rofl rofl2 chuckles1 found all kinds of goodies, spares, . I found my chainsaw and even had a Cummins cylinder head core buried out there. rofl
My fear is it went behind, on, in the woodpile...
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/bbush44/20140104_175232_resized.jpg) (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/bbush44/media/20140104_175232_resized.jpg.html)
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on November 06, 2014, 05:10:49 PM
(Note to self)
Thoroughly check every single sping in the rifle I received from Worm..
Funny you mention this... it was the rifle I bought from Worm... was cleaning her before I put her in her new stock.
Oh.. snap.
Then dont worry about it.. thing prolly came out of a ballpoint pen anyway.
I barely even fondled that ghosty bush ;)
A spring is a spring is a spring.
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 05:13:06 PM
Quote from: Greasemonkey on November 06, 2014, 04:56:34 PM
Quote from: bbush44 on November 06, 2014, 04:02:19 PM
Thanks Danny, probably wouldn't hurt to have one of those kits on hand, but like you mentioned I don't see the extractor spring listed. I might just tear my garage apart tonight in the general direction the spring went. :o
Novel idea, I did that once or twice :o, rofl rofl2 chuckles1 found all kinds of goodies, spares, . I found my chainsaw and even had a Cummins cylinder head core buried out there. rofl
My fear is it went behind, on, in the woodpile...
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/bbush44/20140104_175232_resized.jpg) (http://s3.photobucket.com/user/bbush44/media/20140104_175232_resized.jpg.html)
Oh wow, talk about finding a needle in a haystack!!! You have the Luck of the Irish Brian!
Well maybe I'm just old and trifling. chuckles1 I'd wait till either I burned through all the wood, or one day if I felt I had absolutely nothing else to do, it's cold and snowy outside, wife/kids on my nerves, I just gotta get outta the house, go out in the garage and mix up some hot toddies while listening to Katy Perry :P and just move the pile and find my fricken spring. By that point, it's become a matter of principal rofl rofl2 chuckles1
Cause, I know deep down, in my cold black heart, that little bastard spring ain't gonna grow legs and run out the door into the wild blue yonder screaming "I'm free".. chuckles1 rofl2 rofl
Greasemonkey if I did a search for that spring, it would be underneath the stick of wood located in the center of the bottom of the pile.
Well all jokes aside I'm glad we all found this out now and maybe running-man can find an alternate that might work if this happens to any of us again. We might end up like George Custer :o
Haha I'll just check, shake each piece of wood as it goes in the stove. Maybe by February or March I'll find that damn spring.
I sure hate this happened to you Brian, if I had another one I would get it in the mail to you in the morning.
Thanks Danny, it's just one of those things. Not a big deal just a PITA.
Just found this Brian about two thirds of the way down the page for $6. I know nothing about these people though or how much shipping would be.
http://www.sksman.com/part/parts1.php
Shipping is $5.
Quote from: Dannyboy53 on November 06, 2014, 10:06:10 PM
Just found this Brian about two thirds of the way down the page for $6. I know nothing about these people though or how much shipping would be.
http://www.sksman.com/part/parts1.php
Shipping is $5.
Thanks Danny, for another site to order one. I have found a couple, but have a hard time spending $10+ for a tiny little spring. I did order a couple from Omega for $7 shipped, so those will be on there way strapped to a snail from AZ. I have a couple other SKS's I can pull a spring from to shoot this ghost if I get impatient.
Well I'm glad to hear you got a replacement on the way. At least we found some sources for more if any of us need another.
Wanna know my kind of luck? This afternoon you'll walk in the shop, happen to look down and see your old spring rofl
This weekend I plan to run this magnet on a stick I have over/under/on the wood pile and see if I come up with anything. I am sure it will turn up sometime.
Good idea Brian, wish you luck with it.
Late to the game here on this spring fix, but just for future reference; Most local Hardware stores(my ACE hardware is real good for this) carry a fairly large assortment of springs. I've had success on three occasions when repairing firearms taking a bad spring to the store and finding a replacement.
They also usually have screws that most big box stores don't. Only screws I haven't been able to find have been you #4-48 and #6-40 scope mount screws. Those are pretty much gunsmith specific and are had from the likes of Brownell's.
GG, thanks for the suggestion. Worm had mentioned that earlier, and I actually planned on taking an extractor spring from another sks down to my local Ace tomorrow morning. I have one 8 blocks from my house and have had pretty good luck finding odd stuff there. I will report my findings. Welcome to the files, glad to have you here. Great bunch of guys.
Brian
You're welcome, I tried to read all the posts first so as not to be redundant, but must have missed his. Oh well guess it's another case of 'it's the thought that counts' lol.
Dug through a couple hundred springs at my local Ace this morning and no luck finding an extractor spring. The smallest diameter they had was 5/32 which wouldn't slide into the extractor.
Well that stinks. At least you know you have a couple on the way from an, albeit slow, but reliable source.
Brian how is the extractor spring situation working out?
I dropped the ball on my end Danny. I had hoped to get one to Brian before he got his 'official' replacement from Omega, but I doubt that's going to happen. I've got the order from McMaster sitting in my cart, I just haven't pulled the trigger yet as I'm also getting another bunch of parts for setting up a quick connect BBQ and hot plate setup on my RV, but I don't have all those parts fully ID'd yet. I'll place my order soon though!
I suspect the replacement springs are going to work out just fine. Spring constant is about 40% lower than the original (though it is the highest I could find for a spring that small), and the replacement is single wound instead of double wound. I suspect this might give us fatigue issues, but we won't know until they get used. If they work well in my gun, I'll send one out to anyone who wants one to test out when they come in and we'll get lots of data points and see how they run. thumb1
Quote from: running-man on November 17, 2014, 06:36:01 PM
I dropped the ball on my end Danny. I had hoped to get one to Brian before he got his 'official' replacement from Omega, but I doubt that's going to happen. I've got the order from McMaster sitting in my cart, I just haven't pulled the trigger yet as I'm also getting another bunch of parts for setting up a quick connect BBQ and hot plate setup on my RV, but I don't have all those parts fully ID'd yet. I'll place my order soon though!
I suspect the replacement springs are going to work out just fine. Spring constant is about 40% lower than the original (though it is the highest I could find for a spring that small), and the replacement is single wound instead of double wound. I suspect this might give us fatigue issues, but we won't know until they get used. If they work well in my gun, I'll send one out to anyone who wants one to test out when they come in and we'll get lots of data points and see how they run. thumb1
Thanks running-man, I'll participate in that test run.
Changing gears here, what would be the chance of us seeing some photos of the BBQ/Hot plate set up you're working on once you get it up and running?
Just an FYI, I ordered a couple of the extractor springs from Omega, sent my order and check on 11/7, and while I was out of town the springs showed up on 11/18. Pretty decent turn around from a mail in check type of order.
JFYI, (in case anyone hadn't heard) we have them in stock now. $4.50 + $2.00 shppg
Problem with finding replacements in the hardware store is everything in the store is "fractional" and all SKS parts are "metric."