Rant: Handgrip CZ858

[Demonical]

I bought the CZ factory black handgrip from Wolverine (great service btw).

I searched this site for info on how to do the switch; read the available stuff, which really gave very vague information. But I went with that and here's what I found out. The hard way.

Bottom part:
When I had the new piece in place and had to drive the pin back in, to secure it, the pin did not line up with the hole on the far side. I had a ##### of a time with it, and basically just beat it until it finally went in. Didn't damage anything, but what a ##### of a job!!
Is there an easier way!?

Top part:
OK, removing the top piece. Ya gotta bend those 2 little tabs back; easy enough. Rotate the old piece and remove. OK, no problems there. So then I put the new top piece in, turned it around until it was in place.
But again, what a sonofa##### of a time I had getting the new piece secured! You've got to bend those 2 little metal tabs over and every time I tried the stupid plactic grip piece was turning on me.

I don't know if this is right, but here's what I finally figured out!!

Tape the living #### out of the plastic, with duct tape (or other), to protect it. Then I took vice grips and put them on one side to hold the stupid thing in one place. Once I finally had figured that out, so the goddamn thing quit moving on me, then it was a snap. But nowhere did I see any helpful info on that simple trick. So that's why I'm sharing this #####, rant...

 

[hemingway]

post a helpful DIY response in the CZ thread with pictures--more productive, no?

 

[misanthropist]

1) I lined up the holes before trying to ram the pin back in. In my experience, this is easier than just hitting the pin until it works. I learned this approach from working on cars, where I discovered that when putting a wheel back on, for example, it's easier to line the holes up with the studs, push the wheel into place, and then screw the lug nuts back on, than to hang the wheel on the axle and hit it with a hammer until the lugs somehow line up with the holes and pop through.

2) My approach to the tabs was to grab the hand guard in my left hand, and the tab with a pair of needle nosed pliers with my right, and bend them back in to place. This was a trick I learned after looking at my arms for a while and realizing that each one terminated in a hand-like appendage known as a "hand".

Sorry you struggled with yours. I really feel like this site let you down by not going over the preceding in sufficient detail for you to understand, so on behalf of everyone here, I sincerely apologize.