Folks, On another post last week you suggested purple lock tight on the:

1) Strain Screw.

2) Sight leaf screw.

3) Crane retention screw.

 

I need help identifying #s 1 and 3. I think I can guess on #2...(Called S&W and waited 45 mins and couldn't take the "musak" anymore...Search web for parts blow up diagram - found some showing all the screws but no names of the screws included....Manual dosn't include this info either).

 

Thanks very much...

Strain screw is the screw in the front of frame when you take off grips. And the crane screw is the screw on the right side of the frame lower portion

Do not use loctite on the sight leaf screw. The other two are fine, as long as you use purple loctitie.

 

The strain screw is on the front of the grip frame. It can be used to "tune" your trigger-pull, but is not recommended unless it is done in conjunction with an entire action tune and is done by someone that knows what they are doing. For regular purposes, the strain screw should be turned all the way in (tight). Here...

 

 

The yoke retention screw is the forward most screw on the right side of the revolver, just under the frame opening for the cylinder. Here...

 

 

HTH.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

listen to bob ^^^^^

 

 

the only thing i'll disagree with on that is that I put a little bit of lock tite on the front most screw that holds down the rear leaf, I had trouble with it loosening up firing major loads out of my 625, I would NOT reccomend putting any on the rear of the sight on the windage/elevation screws.

 

-alec

I put a little bit of lock tite on the front most screw that holds down the rear leaf,

 

That's fine, I was thinking he meant the windage screw, when he said "leaf"

Socom, Pizza', and Alec' - You Guys are the BEST, with this kind of help I may sell all my Autos for Revolvers ;-)....

 

Thanks Very Much!

-Joe

Your welcome! Being a revolver fan boy isn't bad!

 

Rob

Socom, Pizza', and Alec' - You Guys are the BEST, with this kind of help I may sell all my Autos for Revolvers ;-)....

 

Thanks Very Much!

-Joe

 

LOL! My wheelguns outnumber my Sigs about 8:1 and probably outnumber all my pistols 5:1...

_{For the "record", I checked every screw on the gun today, the only one loose (slightly) was the strain screw - i tightened it but didn't put the purple lock-tight yet...I will be interested to see if it shipped this way or became loose after the first 50 rounds i shot last week...I'll check it after the next time I shoot it...This has become one of my favorate guns...Simplicity coupled with the raw power...I used the Pro-40 you guys recomended so now I can not only stroke it btwn shoots, but look at my puuurrrty face in the awsome reflection ;-). Thanks again to all you revolver Guys!}