Norinco 1911 Disassembly Issue

[endo]

Hey all, I'm new to 1911's and just bought a used Norinco from a buddy. When I disassemble the slide from the frame, the spring pops off the barrel link immediately and if I'm not holding everything tight to my body, my guide rod goes flying across the room. Could this be because my barrel link is loose? If I put the guide rod and spring in place and simply push on it, the guide rod slides up the barrel link and pushes it out of the way.

It's very difficult to reassemble too because I need to hold the spring and barrel link in place in order to get the slide reassembled and then pretty much hug the gun as I put the slide back on...seems a little ridiculous. Any ideas? Hopefully that kind of makes sense...

 

[plinker 777]

Try some youtube 1911 disassembly video's I found them very helpful when i started out.

 

[Attilathecanuk]

Utube Hickok 45's 1911 disassembly.

It's all you need!

 

[turbo_bird]

Try rotating the barrel bushing clockwise about 90 degrees with your hand over it to catch the recoil spring. That way you can pull the recoil spring out before removing the slide. Putting it back in is the reverse, but I find it easier if I put the thumb safety on so the slide doesn't move. I'm assuming you don't have a full length guide rod if it's flying out of the gun. Good luck, lots of videos on YouTube to help as well.
Kristian

 

[City Boy]

You can order a 1911 barrel bushing wrench from eBay or a site sponsor And that will help you.

 

[paul792]

Until you get the hang of it, eye protection should be worn. Better safe than a pirate lol

 

[Import]

Hi, are you removing the slide complete? It's common practice to remove the barrel bushing recoil spring plug and spring before trying to remove the slide.....as mentioned, YouTube is your friend...

 

[Skinny 1950]

I am sure that you have it figured out by now so you should also beware of the dreaded "Idiot Scratch".

 

[endo]

Hi, are you removing the slide complete? It's common practice to remove the barrel bushing recoil spring plug and spring before trying to remove the slide.....as mentioned, YouTube is your friend...

Was trying to ya...saw several videos like that and they didn't seem to have the same issue...watched Hickok's video though and now I'm on the right page, thanks for the quick help and thanks for putting up with the noob question!

 

[Import]

Was trying to ya...saw several videos like that and they didn't seem to have the same issue...watched Hickok's video though and now I'm on the right page, thanks for the quick help and thanks for putting up with the noob question!

Hey.....no worries endo....we've all been there....lol

 

[tazzharm]

hey
for what its worth..I have two norinco 1911 commander and dominion arms full size I noticed the dominion arms barrel has more of an angle cut then the other where the guide rod pushes against so when I remove the slide from the frame I have to be careful that the guide rod doesn't fall out or if I haven't taken the spring out of tension it will push out...some of the norinco's need replacement parts as you may find one or two with bad tooling..my safety looked like it came out of the scrap bin..lol
Glenn

 

[grumpyold]

Next time you take down to clean trace the barrel bushing. Get a small sheet of 1/8" Lexan and trace out the shape of a bushing wrench except add a extension out the right hand side, this will stop the spring from slipping by. Go to Brownell's site to see this type of wrench, or just order one.

 

[ns_redneck]

he has great video's