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rcflyer

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Need help with safety cam spring
« on: December 12, 2009, 10:49:58 am »
New member, first post.  I have recently acquired a Star reloader and need help with attaching the safety cam.  I think the spring may be broken and was wondering if anyone could supply a picture of the spring and how it attaches.

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Re: Need help with safety cam spring
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2009, 11:28:05 am »
I think I found my own answer.  Searched safety cam on the forum and found the answer, I think

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Re: Need help with safety cam spring
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2010, 02:25:19 pm »
I too had a question on that sprign. It took a bit to find the little hole where it fits into the frame, but once set up it works well. 

Did you get yours working?

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Re: Need help with safety cam spring
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 07:37:37 am »
i found the hole but discovered the spring was broken off in it.  I drilled the broken piece of spring out of the hole, but the spring was too short to apply enough tension to operate the safety cam correctly.  So I screwed a small socket head screw into the hole to act as an extension.  I put the spring into the socket in the screw head and now I have an adjustable tension spring and the safety cam works correctly.  As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention.

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Re: Need help with safety cam spring
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2010, 11:40:56 am »
  As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention.

You got that right!  Thanks for that tip.
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