ir3 help.

[jamphi24]

Does anyone know how to get the pivot pin out of the trigger as I want to adjust the pivot on mine but can't get the pin out. The manual says use a punch but when i try and use a punch it doesn't seem to move and I don't want to damage it. It looks as though there is a thread on it but I can't find an allen key to fit the thing. Can anyone help???

 

[Buddha 3]

It sometimes happens that they are a bit hard to remove, but a punch is the only way.
If you are having difficulty getting the thing out, place it on a hard surface, or even better, place it on top of a vice grip, with the clamps opened about 4 to 6 inches so that when the pin would fall out, it would fall between the two clamps. If you are afraid that you will damage the annodizing, put an old rag on top of the vice.
Take the punch, and give it a good whack!
It's the only way I'm afraid......

The threading you say you see might be the 'stop' on the pin (I don't know the technical term). This is a part of the pin that has small flanges on it to make it a little wider. This is what holds the pin in place. I'm not sure if the pin on the IR3 has this stop, but on a lot of markers these pivot pins do have the flanges.

Good luck!


Funny though, I've encountered a number of IR3's which had the pin fall out as soon as you opened the box.

 

[jamphi24]

thanks for the help.
Just one thing which way do you punch ie from what side. One side has a silver end and the other has a black end.

 

[Sinner]

Jamphi

Don't do anything yet!!!!!

There's a little grub screw that holds in the pivot pin on the left hand side of the marker. I can't recollect the exact allen key size - I'm at work at the moment and so I can't check - but I think it's 1.5mm or there abouts.

Once you remove the grub screw the pin should then easily slide out, moving from right to left if the rear of the marker is towards you. If your IR3 is really gunked up then you might need to push the pin out with a punch, but I haven't come across one like this yet myself.