I've finished the disassembly and cleaning of a beater model 6 I picked up on Gunbroker. I'm going to start the reassembly, and was wondering if anyone had anything else to add on the rear washer thickness issue.
Is there some method of determining how much spacing should be provided by the rear washer (the steel washer and plastic spacer combination)? I'm thinking that it needs to just touch the rear piston seal when assembled, so that the force acting against both the front and rear seal is equal. That is if there is too little or too much spacing then the load would be unequal and thus the rack or pinions would suffer from the extra load?
I measured the thickness of the sandwich before digging out the steel washer and disintegrated plastic washer from the end cap, but it seems that this isn't the best guide as it's all dependent on the thickness of the new seals.
I bought the pistol because it was a beater, better to learn on than one that is in good shape!
Nick,
From ruralburbian Philomath.
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