Ross bolt reassembly... I'm a little ashamed

[H Wally]

Hm. So I've somehow screwed up reassembly of one of my ross bolts. (unpinned version)

Yes I'm aware that there's a post on the milsurp knowledge library, but it doesn't seem to carry reassembly instructions. I'm having a huge problem getting the bolt head to thread into the bolt body so that the lugs are oriented vertically when the bolt head is up against the bolt body.

I remember reading a full detailed dissasembly and reassembly somewhere, but can't find it any more.




To make matters worse, the bolt wasn't expanding fully when I got it, hence why I pulled it apart. Still haven't figured out what was wrong there...




EDIT I'm apparently too impatient. I had forgotten that the bolt head slides into place, then turns a 1/4 turn just before it's seated against the bolt body, thus rotating the lugs into place.

Still don't know why the bolt won't expand fully...

 

[cantom]

Hm. So I've somehow screwed up reassembly of one of my ross bolts. (unpinned version)

Yes I'm aware that there's a post on the milsurp knowledge library, but it doesn't seem to carry reassembly instructions. I'm having a huge problem getting the bolt head to thread into the bolt body so that the lugs are oriented vertically when the bolt head is up against the bolt body.

I remember reading a full detailed dissasembly and reassembly somewhere, but can't find it any more.




To make matters worse, the bolt wasn't expanding fully when I got it, hence why I pulled it apart. Still haven't figured out what was wrong there...

Just turn it to the other track...it can only go in either 2 or 3 ways (I forget which), not that hard. I was recently showed how to do it.

No burrs on anything? Is the pin all the way in that holds the cocking piece on?

 

[H Wally]

Yep - turns out I was the limiting factor in the whole deal. Forgot to rotate the bolt head when it was almost entirely in the bolt body.

Also, when expanding the bolt head I was twisting the bolt lugs to force the bolt head to rise and causing it to bind. I thought about how it works, and pulling the bolt head outwards causes the bolt lugs to rotate on their own and not bind.

I guess I'm having a slow day