i messed up..lol

[mustangmike]

Ya so thinking I can do a trigger job on my brand spankin new 2400kt I got today, I didn't think to look up any information on how to pull it apart. At first I thought everything went good polished the trigger blade and all contact area's, lubed everything up with a touch of moly and put it back together.. that's when I realize the safety was wrong, after a quick google search seems I little ball on the end of the spring fell out..

Awesome, are there any diy home made cures to this problem ?

[OahuDave]

Ouch, yeah that's the biggie there. Gotta take it apart right-side up. That ball is SMALL! One reason I ordered up another 1377 the other day. I also built a work tray that would catch that sorta thing. I can almost guarantee you would never find that ball on say a carpet or anything. Sounds like an order to Crosman is in order unfortunately. Never seen a ball that small before. At least you did not shoot the rear cap into the wall like I did. Even though Crosshairs video said to hold on to it I forgot to. That came out with some force and the spring rolled under the closet door and the bookshelf. Took me forever to find it. Ugh.

[joe k]

read some where may be gta can not rember i think ya can use a size 7.5 or 8 bb
from a shot gun shell.
joe

[OahuDave]

read some where may be gta can not rember i think ya can use a size 7.5 or 8 bb
from a shot gun shell.
joe

If so it would be nice to get a shell full of those. I almost lost mine a few times.

[joe k]

mike
if ya know some one that reloads shot gun shells give a try.
joe

[JEBert]

If you have a bicycle repair shop nearby, walk in and ask for several 3/32" ball bearings.  They might not even charge you for them.
Merry Christmas,
Jerry

[mustangmike]

thanks guys, can some one post a picture of the ball bearing ? i never even saw it. i also know a few poeple who are active shotgun shooters so i will ask around..

idk if im going to order from crosman unless i really need to.. i hope the new batch of disco airtubes are back in stock... really wanting to shoot my disco again but cant do it with out a airtube

[mustangmike]

All is well, got down on my hands n knee's for about an hour using my cell phones video camera light as a flash flight and I found it..

I must this has to be by far the most craptastic safety setup I've seen..

Thanks guys

[John 22xx UK]

Could you not use a 4.5mm BB? I have thousands of those,if you can it wont bother me if I lose one or two

[eric]

a pin head from say a dress shirt works

[JEBert]

Popeye,
You aren't trolling are you?  Gotta be a reason Crosman didn't use a regular BB for the safety.
You want it in Metrics?  4.5mm would be almost twice as big (actually about .010" shy) as 3/32".  3/32" is 2.38mm.   There may not be enough meat in there to drill it out for a BB to fit.  You would need a bigger spring too.  A ball-point pen spring would be about the right size but probably not strong enough.
In inches, 3/32" is .093".  #7 1/2 birdshot is .95".  #8 birdshot is .9.  Those are specs for lead birdshot.  I don't think lead would last very long as a safety ball.  The groove in the safety would chip it down pretty quickly.
#7 steel shot is listed as being .10" in the sheet I found online.  If one of those is to tight, I am pretty sure you could drill out the slot for it to work with a #37 or 36 drill bit.  I would go looking for 3/32" ball bearings before I went to buy a new #37 drill bit unless I needed the bit for other stuff.  A 6-32 tap for aluminum might come with a #36 bit.
Merry Christmas,
Jerry

[John 22xx UK]

 @JEBert since I have only just got a 2240(my first ever) my question was genuine as I have not seen the BB in my gun let alone measure it,silly question maybe trolling NO!

[Crosshairs]

Mike you can use a ball key chain you no the small chain with all the little balls linked together.
                                                          Mike

[0351_Vet]

Ya so thinking I can do a trigger job on my brand spankin new 2400kt I got today, I didn't think to look up any information on how to pull it apart. At first I thought everything went good polished the trigger blade and all contact area's, lubed everything up with a touch of moly and put it back together.. that's when I realize the safety was wrong, after a quick google search seems I little ball on the end of the spring fell out..

Awesome, are there any diy home made cures to this problem ?

Mike.

Have you already torn this down? You only had it for 5 hours or so. LOL Hope you find the BB. Merry Christmas.

Walt

[AZAG]

read some where may be gta can not rember i think ya can use a size 7.5 or 8 bb
from a shot gun shell.
joe

Shotgun shot may be the right size but it is lead so won't be as durable as a steel bearing.