TT-33 stuck

[kestak]

Greetings,

I am stuck...huh...The bushing of my newly bought TT-33 is stuck.

I always got an answer here, so I am trying again...

I depressed the spring cap and it does not want to turn. I removed the slide, (got the spring to fly through the room) and I can't still make it turn to remove the barrel. I tried with a rubber hammer, putting a piece of wood on it and hitting the wood. I tried clockwise, counter clockwise. It does not move.

As of now, it is soaking into WD-40 but I am really not confident it will unstuck it.

Anyone has already been in that quagmire?

Thank you

[einheit 13]

How in the hell did you get the slide off without removing the bushing?? You are using a drift that is smaller than the recoil spring 'plug' aren't you?? Depressing the plug and turning the bushing clockwise while depressing the recoil spring 'plug' with you finger when the drift gives you enough room??

I've had them to stop turning, I use a pair of needle nose pliers that are bent and covered with some cloth to give more leverage to twist it...if that doesn't work, put it back together and send it back if it came from a dealer.

[kestak]

Greetings,

It was quite easy to dissasemble it without removing the bushing:
- Move the U shaped bracket on the side
- Pull out the pin
- slide the slide toward the front

And fly fly fly the spring! This one surprised me quite hard. It flew more than 20 feet in my garage passing 1 inch left of my head. Thanks God, I always wear my safety glasses in my garage. It is an habit.

UPDATE: This morning I was able to remove the bushing: I fixed the cannon on my jaw anvil and used a punch with a hammer to make it turn. When it began to turn, I taped my hammer head with electric tape and hit it until it turned 180 degrees. To put it back, I had to use the hammer, but not the punch.

Thank you