Ruger LCR replacement spring

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Originally posted by dehughes:
Was cleaning/examining my wife's Ruger LCR and in the process of re-assembling it, the cylinder latch spring went "Pew!" and is now nowhere to be found.

(Disclaimer: My wife is capable of finding just about ANYTHING, so I haven't written it off quite yet.)

That said, darned if I can't find a place to order a replacement. I e-mailed Ruger as I didn't see a replacement available via there website, but where do you guys purchase your replacement Ruger springs and such?

Thanks in advance.

Call Rugers Customer Service phone number and explain what you have just told us. Sometimes they will send a part, sometimes they want you to send the gun in to them for parts installation. They will provide a shipping label to you.

Have your pistols Serial # in front of you when you call in.

Springs are very hard to find...but a tip and suggestion, use a very bright flashlight to light up the floor, sometimes that will bring out the missing spring. Good Luck.

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Thanks. I'll give them a call tomorrow.

Tried the flashlight trick...no luck yet. Spring bounced off my left cheekbone just underneath my eye and I heard it strike what I assumed was a piece of plastic on my garage workbench. Have been working on the circuit of my Marshall guitar amp lately so I had to sift through a bunch of packaged resistors/caps in the hopes it was amongst them.

On the plus side, this has inspired me to clean up my workbench.

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Originally posted by dehughes:
Thanks. I'll give them a call tomorrow.

Tried the flashlight trick...no luck yet. Spring bounced off my left cheekbone just underneath my eye and I heard it strike what I assumed was a piece of plastic on my garage workbench. Have been working on the circuit of my Marshall guitar amp lately so I had to sift through a bunch of packaged resistors/caps in the hopes it was amongst them.

On the plus side, this has inspired me to clean up my workbench.

I have searched for tiny parts hundreds of times, and have always found the part. I may have looked for 2 hours straight, but found the part.

Hint, don't go moving stuff looking, you may move the part to be hidden more.
Hint, a flat magnet helps too.

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Should not require disassembly to adequately maintain a revolver- I have Smith’s I shoot weekly that are well over 50 years old and have been in my possession over 30 that have never been disassembled for cleaning

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Should not require disassembly to adequately maintain a revolver- I have Smith’s I shoot weekly that are well over 50 years old and have been in my possession over 30 that have never been disassembled for cleaning

Call this cleaning with some curiosity.

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Well, A+ and gold star for Ruger customer service, as I just called them to order a replacement cylinder lock spring and they took all my information and then informed me it would be 7 to 10 days for processing. I asked them how much the spring was and they said no charge.

That right there earned them big kudos in my book, for if they are going to go out of their way for a dumbass like myself who can't keep springs in his own revolver, that's saying something. Maybe I will just buy a GP 100 instead of that Colt Cobra I was eyeing...

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Disassembly of small spring loaded parts can be done in a 1 gallon freezer bag.

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Originally posted by dehughes:
Well, A+ and gold star for Ruger customer service, as I just called them to order a replacement cylinder lock spring and they took all my information and then informed me it would be 7 to 10 days for processing. I asked them how much the spring was and they said no charge.

That right there earned them big kudos in my book, for if they are going to go out of their way for a dumbass like myself who can't keep springs in his own revolver, that's saying something. Maybe I will just buy a GP 100 instead of that Colt Cobra I was eyeing...

Glad it worked out for you, I was curious the outcome. Last fall, I dissassembled my LCPII to refinish it, and there was one part in the frame I could not figure out how to put back, even after having a schematic, save my life. First time ever, I could not reassemble a gun. So I called Ruger, they sent me a shippjng label, I sent it to them, it came back reassembled and test fired. What better could you ask for?

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You might try using a magnet in your search for the spring.......

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I'm calling it gone. In the process of re-assembly I bent it and would have needed to get a new one anyway, so it works out.

Plus, it went AWOL in my garage while at my workbench....not an ideal place to hunt for small springs. Lesson learned.

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