SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF Question re V-spring under left grip of PT-92 HELP!!!
I'd like to thank all for contributing, especially recent contributions by jlentz here on the taurus armed. net forum.
Here is the explanation and solution to the problem:
The left grip has two screws.
The lower screw is a regular grip screw which screws the lower part of the left grip into the lower part of the frame.
The upper screw is attached to a bushing. The bushing looks like a washer.
As to the left upper screw/bushing combination:
The screw actually screws into the bushing, and the bushing screws into the frame.
If you have removed the left grip and that V-spring comes ajar, you must-in this order, situate that V-spring in its recess AND screw that bushing alone into the frame. That will hold the V-spring in place.
If, as I experienced when I removed the left grip, the entire unit, e.g., the left upper grip screw and its bushing remain together, you must separate the two. If you are lucky, when you remove the left grip the bushing will remain screwed into the frame and will just have the grip and its upper left screw in your hand.
In my situation, and because when I unscrewed the upper screw the bushing remained with the grip screw, I merely pushed the flat part of the screw through the grip. I then had the unit-the screw attached to the bushing.
Then attach to a vise or whatever and unscrew the screw from the bushing.
Insert the spring into its recess, hold it there, then screw the bushing only on to the frame. Once secure, then attach the upper part of the grip and screw the grip screw through the grip and into the bushing.
As an aside-unfortunately-the bushing threads became stripped in my attempts to solve this problem. I will have to ask Taurus to send me an additional bushing.
Had the Taurus owner's manual cautioned me that by removing the left grip I might encounter this problem, I would not have removed it in the first place. So-beware-unless you intend to change to a Hogue or other grip, I would advise not removing the left grip at all.
Hope this helps someone.
Update: Contrary to above, I was able to seat the spring after gluing in my stripped bushing.
Your normal, unstripped bushing can be screwed in and you can thereafter seat the spring so that edge slips under the overhang.
Gun now seems to have a bit more bounce to the decocker/safety, also seems a bit more stable, and flipping safety up to cock and lock position is more solidly established.
I may be wrong, but I believe the benefit of the V-spring lies in securely establishing the manual safety up into cock and lock and down. If you look at the decocker mechanism you will understand better what I mean. The protrusion actually rides along extended edge of the spring when going up and down.
