Trick to reconnect SKS trigger assembly to stock/receiver.

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I was cleaning one of my new Norinco's this morning and having one heck of a time trying to get the trigger assembly to lock into the the leaf retention spring/latch - it was new and tight.

I spent about 15 minutes trying to get it in when I had a blinding stroke of the obvious.

I dug around in my tool drawer and pulled out a C-clamp (I think 6"), and if you can't mentally picture what I did next, you probably have no business disassembling an SKS.

Needless to day, I had my trigger assembly re-inserted 30 seconds later with no damage to the gun:

This is what I'm talking about:

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The trigger assembly pops in by hand. Just a little pressure. If you need to use a C-clamp you probably have no business......
 
Make sure the safety switch is in the "on" position. My Russian can be installed by hand but my brother's Chinese SKS needs the clamp as well after changing to a Tapco stock.
 
ilike22s said:
The trigger assembly pops in by hand. Just a little pressure. If you need to use a C-clamp you probably have no business......
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It pops in by hand when it's been broken in. My Siminov does no problem.

My fresh from the Norinco storage facility, sitting in 30 year old cosmoline, seemed to be a bit of a challenge :)
 
fenceline said:
Safety needs to be on...
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It was, IIRC, you can't take the trigger assembly off without engaging the safety.

This was an initial, out of the box cleaning - and like most everything else on it, it was either very tough to take apart or put back together (without cleaning).

I suspect after it's broken in it will go over a bit more smoothly, but just in case it doesn't - I'll keep my C-clamps handy :).

Hopefully that saves someone with the same problem some time (and yes, I know the safety has to be on to reassemble it).

I have 2 more out of the boxers to clean up though, I'll keep you posted on if this was an anomaly or if it's normal.


EDIT

Sounds like some other folks have had the same problem and found the same solution:

forum.pafoa.org/general-2/30034-sks-trigger-assembly.html
 
st1264 said:
Should have purchased a Russian, snaps in by hand...
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Well you have to have a well rounded, diversified portfolio of SKS's :)

It was a 3-pack from Frontier.

I've been running my Simonov refurb all year and thought it was time for a change. You're right though, it does just snap in by hand (and the action doesn't feel like it has sand in it when you rack it).

My father-in-law probably wasted some NVA soldiers running Norks like this one though, so I thought it would be cool to pick up a few. Maybe the North wouldn't have had such a high body count if their trigger assemblys weren't so hard to reassemble fresh from the factory.
 
It has nothing to do with the maker, they are all mixed bag. I have two chinese sks with good triggers, one with a long trigger, and a russian one with a trigger that feels like it's made of croutons and crackers.
 
harbl_the_cat said:
It was, IIRC, you can't take the trigger assembly off without engaging the safety.
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Assembly is reverse of tear down. If the safety needs to be on to remove it, it needs to be on to install it. Look at the safety closely and you will see that the back of the safety latch has a couple of teeth that will stop it from locking in if the safety is off.
 
Some of the unissued Chinese need to have a few modifications with a file. Had they been issued, they would have gone back to the armory for adjustments. The trigger assembly should pop in and out without clamps once its been worked a few times.
 
I'd use a quick clamp as they work really well. One with plastic/rubber pads.

I didn't think of that in my two times tearing it down. Might look at filing ever so little off that hook.
 
Nic3500 said:
Make sure the safety switch is in the "on" position. My Russian can be installed by hand but my brother's Chinese SKS needs the clamp as well after changing to a Tapco stock.
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When I got a crapco stock for mine there was a replacement spring included. No way would the thing go together with the original spring. Piece of cake with softer spring....shouldnt need to use c-clamps...and of course, safety on
 
rkettner said:
I'd use a quick clamp as they work really well. One with plastic/rubber pads.

I didn't think of that in my two times tearing it down. Might look at filing ever so little off that hook.
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Out of my six SKS's I have one Norc that still needs a little help with a quick clamp, and interestingly it's the one thats got the most use on it so it's not like it breaks in after a while, just needs a little clearance adjustment I figure. I'm not too concerned about it though.
 
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