trigger trouble on my new SKS

[small gamer]

I posted this question in another thread, then realized I was hijacking so I removed it and posted here. My trigger does have the crunchy creep associated with "negative engagement" of the sear. That is something I would like to address eventually. My immediate concern is something that I ran into last night. After re-assembling the firearm post cleaning, I found that the disconnector does not seem to depress quite far enough to allow the trigger to freely begin it's rearward travel. What happens is when I squeeze the trigger, I encounter a resistance that shouldn't be there, then it "skips" (the trigger bar slides down on the sear to where it should be) to where I begin to feel the resistance normally encountered during a trigger pull.
It did not do this when I bought it. It did not do this when I reassembled it after the cosmoline clean up. It did not do this during the sight-in process at the range yesterday, but it does it now. I removed and reseated the trigger assembly a dozen times trying to determine if it was improperly seated in the action following cleaning and it appears to be ok. Any thoughts? Again, a trigger job is in the future but for now I would just like the disconnector to travel that extra millimeter or so, as to allow normal trigger travel. Thanks.

BTW it is a '52 Tula

 

[small gamer]

Fixed it. I put the trigger assembly in my bench vise and gently tapped the disconnector with a heavy hammer to bend it to a more vertical position (change not visible to my eye) and it seems to work fine now. I do wonder what caused the change though. I will be doing the trigger mods everyone recommends down the road as well. FWIW, the trigger on my mid-90's Norinco SKS is smooth as silk in comparison.