Slide stop spring & loose pins

[knoxy]

So after some shooting the other day I field stripped my cz82 and took the grips off to see about cleaning/lubing the mag release.

With the grips off, the trigger guard pin fell right out. So I removed the trigger guard thinking I'll clean that too. Then this little wire spring drops out on the table. Finally figured out its the slide stop spring.

Let me say that this spring is a pain in the ass to get back in place. After much googling, swearing, & prodding I did manage to get it back in without pressing out the roll pin that the the spring sits on. In retrospect, if I had some punches, I'd have just pressed the pin out a bit and pressed it back in after the spring was in place.

This page had the info and a diagram that got me to fixing it. Also has a link for replacement slide stop springs.
http://olderthendirt.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=buy&action=display&thread=313

The trigger guard pin is still loose but its retained by the grips where they're on. Thinking about putting some blue loctite on the pin to retain it better.

Oh, one other thing, if you have to replace/reinstall this spring, make sure it is flat against the frame before reinstalling the trigger guard. Otherwise the trigger guard can catch on the spring and pop it back out or bend it.

Two final tips (from a noob) that helped me keep things straight, is to work on a light colored surface and have lots of light to shine inside the gun to see where things are lining up. I used a white microfiber towel under the gun when cleaning it. This made the parts that were falling out immediately visible. You need some light inside the frame to see where the pin lines up with the hole in the slide stop lever.

Hope that helps somebody.

[Warpspasm]

I also had the spring fall out on me when I removed the trigger guard. Actually, if I remember correctly, when I was putting the guard back it the spring wasn't flush against the frame and it pushed it out. Either way, it came out and it was a real PIA to get back it without disassembly. The spring is actually bent a bit now and the next time I put the trigger guard back it I expect the same problem.

[Midnight_Express]

I actually redesigned that spring just after buying my 82. with prior knowledge of the pistol I knew it was the first thing I wanted to change. I cleaned for the friend I bought it from and that spring annoyed me. when he offered it to me for $200 I jumped all over it. didn't know anyone was making the spring shown in the link. I would have just bought one of his had I known. mine is pretty much the same as his, I cut it long for the loop and so it would stick past the slide stop. bent the loop, then I kept trimming the slide stop end until it quit binding up. my spring is also .010? bigger in dia. compared to the factory piece, the original felt a little weak to me so I upped the wire size.

if you look at the trigger guard with it pulled down, you'll see a small recess milled in it were the spring is supposed to sit when the trigger guard is snapped into place.

the trigger guard pin is supposed to fall out like that. a few other pins are like that on the CZ82/83 series pistols. the two small pins under the safety levers are another example. the 1911 has a couple of pins that are the same. pretty sure it was to ease teardown in the field/combat. my 82 came to me with less than 100 rounds through it. the previous owner bought it unfired. had to be the cleanest surplus 82 we've ever seen. so I'm assuming the pins are supposed to be that way.

Two final tips (from a noob) that helped me keep things straight, is to work on a light colored surface

c'mon, spending an hour, on the floor with a flashlight looking for some tiny-a** part that fell to the floor of wizzed past your ear is half the fun of home gunsmithing.