Help on lubing Glock

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CanuckShooter

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Ok I have read through the lubing directionsin the manual, and I understand everywhere the book says to lube except one spot...

"a drop of oil is needed where the rear end of the trigger bar touches the connector at the right rear corner of the frame"

When it comes to trigger assemblies (and many other things) I am clueless. Can someone possibly give me a detailed description/show me a pic of this part, and what side/edge of it needs the lubing?

Also, what do you guys think is the best lube on a Glock? Just a plain high quality gun oil?

Thanks!
 
With the slide off, looking down on the top of the frame at the rear, you'll see a cross shaped piece of metal (trigger bar). On the right hand side it touches another metal piece (connector) which extends down towards the trigger.

Lube this spot - just a touch of oil. I use a moist q-tip rather than a full drop of lube. If you get too much in there you'll start collecting grit, and cleaning it out involves detail stripping the frame.

Part of the ".25 cent trigger job" involves polishing these two pieces where they contact. This helps provide a smoother trigger pull.

As for the best lube - any high quality synthetic will work fine. The key to lubing a Glock is to use less than you think is necessary. They don't need much at all.
 
Thanks very much for the help guys! I see which part it is now lol

Mine has the 5lb trigger and it feels really nice, so I may hold off on the polishing for a bit :d

Is Hoppes acceptable? Or acceptable but not optimal? lol

CS
 
The polishing doesn't lighten the trigger, just smoothes out the pull. To get a lighter trigger pull you have to replace the connector.

I've got 3.5 lb connectors in both my Glocks.

Hoppes will work just fine.
 
mdbuckle said:
I am not going to lube mine when I get it.
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Why? Granted it will likely work ok, but despite the hype Glocks are designed to be lubed. You can expect more problems and much higher wear on your Glock if you're running it totally dry.
 
MikeyT said:
Part of the ".25 cent trigger job" involves polishing these two pieces where they contact. This helps provide a smoother trigger pull.
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Yeah, just be careful what you 'polish' and how much... you might end up with a Glock 18... :p
 
one comment, just make sure you don't lube the firing pin; with Glocks, if there is any amount of guck/oil/etc around the firing pin, it seems to create a hydroshock type effect which slows down the firing pin, and causes misfires (was happening to one of my guns, until we disassembed it and dried out the firing pin).
 
This might help ya:

glock_lubing.jpg
 
The trigger on my Glock 17 refused to reset because the lube on that area had dried out. after a complete disassembly and reassembly it still did not work. One drop of fp-10 in that area and it was fine. So needless to say Glocks do need their lube.
 
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