Where does it go

[Fox Mike]

Where does the spring (just to the left of the right yellow arrow) go? Do you just let it drop in where it can? There are no written instructions as to its location on assembly.
http://www.guntalk-online.com/images/m3step3.JPG

 

[Jayhawkhuntclub]

If it's the spring on the sear, I bleive the long leg goes under (to the muzzle side) the little cross pin down below. That's what holds the tension on it.

 

[Pinecone]

Fox Mike, Jay is on the right track! Just below the sear pin is the "sear spring stop pin" and that pin holds the sear spring "leg" on "top" of it to give it the proper tension. What I do on reassembly is lift the leg of the spring up and put the proper size pin punch in to let the leg rest on it then drive the pin in pushing out the pin punch!..................Dick :wink:

 

[Fox Mike]

Thanks to those that answered.
The spring on the sear is another matter. The one I asked abut above seems to be the hammer spring. guntalk-online.com doesn't show either of them nor does the Ruger parts breakdown. I can honestly say that I have worked on mini guns in a helicopter, rebuilt rotor systems to .001 tolerances, rebuilt turbine engines to unbelievable minute tolerances, but have never come across anything that once apart looks as though each successive part was an afterthought. My praises about Ruger have taken a severe downward spiral.

A HOUR LATER.

Finally got it back together. Only one part left over. It is the small ball like item that fits into the spring at the front end on the bolt stop release (not shown on the Ruger parts breakdown). Seems to work OK without it so I'll see what happens at the range.

 

[Pinecone]

Fox Mike, That "ball" detent you have left over secures the safety in place by pressing it into it's "cut-out" in the frame. The "hammer" spring is contained in the "mainspring" housing and has nothing to do with the spring you were asking about. Could you be "meaning" the trigger pivot retainer which is actually a "spring"?............................Dick :wink:

 

[Fox Mike]

Thanks Pinecone. My first question was about the pictured spring. Someone then said it was the sear spring which I knew it wasn't. The detent ball is what the next problem was. I'll get that corrected. Thanks again.