Slickschit
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In the trigger assembly of a L461 that keeps the safety lever tight and working right. Bought a project rifle and of course the bearing was missing. I took apart another Vixen, tried it in the offending trigger assembly and it worked perfectly. After looking all over my shop for anything that might have a small bearing I measured it. Where could I get one? I thought to myself Ebay has $25 steel balls for Sako, but no mention of their size or use. $25 for a single small ball bearing? LOL.
Digging deep in the memory bank I thought maybe bicycle? Zerk fitting? Toggle switch?
Turns out my neighbor had a bicycle handlebar neck bearing set. I cut apart the race and the bearings were a few thousandths too large. A zerk fitting bearing is one thousandths off the bicycle bearings. So I VERY CAREFULLY drilled out the hole in the trigger housing deep enough for the bearing to fall into the hole. It took a few tries to get the right depth, but viola, problem solved.
Digging deep in the memory bank I thought maybe bicycle? Zerk fitting? Toggle switch?
Turns out my neighbor had a bicycle handlebar neck bearing set. I cut apart the race and the bearings were a few thousandths too large. A zerk fitting bearing is one thousandths off the bicycle bearings. So I VERY CAREFULLY drilled out the hole in the trigger housing deep enough for the bearing to fall into the hole. It took a few tries to get the right depth, but viola, problem solved.
