How to remove carry handle?

[tankhunter]

Reading that Tankie, I can just tell that you've removed one or two of those carring handles and sleeves. And lost a few of the springs AND the top thinggy before you've got the pin in properly! Join the club.

One thing that you forgot to mention Tankie is that the inner and outer threads that hold the carrying handle to the inner metal sleeve are EXTREMELY fine, of about a zillion teeth per inch. Make sure that the nuts run freely on the shaft before you assemble them because if they're tight or bind, you'll never start them or clean them up if they start to cross thread. And yep, I've ruined a few of them too!

Oh Peter! You know only too well that you learn FAST when that happens! After the very first PING!........tinkle, tinkle & the Air turning blue with all the 'Where's that F******G plunger/spring Etc'!!!!
I ALWAYS used a nicely ground long Tapered punch to guide through the handle bracket & then the pin hole in the plug to hold in place before CAREFULLY, & lightly tapping the retaining pin home whilst slowly withdrawing the pin punch. You know EXACTLY what i am discribing here! You remember, you need six hands to do all this at the same time! But then again, it is always the reputation around all Military camps that the Armourers Shop is a place of Magic & Mysterys that can only be solved & overcome by these Masters of Wonderment & Technical skilled Attributes! (Not my words, simply humbling parise from satisfied customers worldwide. Which Im sure you have enjoyed upon occassion!) LOL! You are correct, I forgot the words of caution as to the inner & outer threaded nuts in the top of the wood carrying handle. Peter is ABSOLUTELY correct with regards to the extreme fineness of threads inside these two items. They are Enfield threads & the taps & dies for these items are NOT Available commercially!! If you cross thread either of them, you have a serious probem if you do not have replacements! Peter, I effected a small procedure that eliminated this problem of potential crossthreading upon reassembly. I ensure the threads were clean & lightly oiled on the sleeve ends & the threads of the nuts. When offering up together for reassembly, UNSCREW the nuts SLOWLY until they 'click' as the nut drops slightly down after rising up on the last vestiges of the thread. When this has happened, you can then SLOWLY screw UP the nut easliy until correctly tight. very simple, but it WORKED a treat! Something you get used to doing as Workshop practice on nearly EVERY job when your out in the OOLLU in the middle of nowhere with NO spares! Of course, there is ALWAYS something that you didnt cater for!..........................OOPPS!.............. ...Ping.........Bugger!....+*$"!!*%£(*=#!!!!!!!!!

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[gmr]

Oh Peter! You know only too well that you learn FAST when that happens! After the very first PING!........tinkle, tinkle & the Air turning blue with all the 'Where's that F******G plunger/spring Etc'!!!!
I ALWAYS used a nicely ground long Tapered punch to guide through the handle bracket & then the pin hole in the plug to hold in place before CAREFULLY, & lightly tapping the retaining pin home whilst slowly withdrawing the pin punch. You know EXACTLY what i am discribing here! You remember, you need six hands to do all this at the same time! But then again, it is always the reputation around all Military camps that the Armourers Shop is a place of Magic & Mysterys that can only be solved & overcome by these Masters of Wonderment & Technical skilled Attributes! (Not my words, simply humbling parise from satisfied customers worldwide. Which Im sure you have enjoyed upon occassion!) LOL! You are correct, I forgot the words of caution as to the inner & outer threaded nuts in the top of the wood carrying handle. Peter is ABSOLUTELY correct with regards to the extreme fineness of threads inside these two items. They are Enfield threads & the taps & dies for these items are NOT Available commercially!! If you cross thread either of them, you have a serious probem if you do not have replacements! Peter, I effected a small procedure that eliminated this problem of potential crossthreading upon reassembly. I ensure the threads were clean & lightly oiled on the sleeve ends & the threads of the nuts. When offering up together for reassembly, UNSCREW the nuts SLOWLY until they 'click' as the nut drops slightly down after rising up on the last vestiges of the thread. When this has happened, you can then SLOWLY screw UP the nut easliy until correctly tight. very simple, but it WORKED a treat! Something you get used to doing as Workshop practice on nearly EVERY job when your out in the OOLLU in the middle of nowhere with NO spares! Of course, there is ALWAYS something that you didnt cater for!..........................OOPPS!.............. ...Ping.........Bugger!....+*$"!!*%£(*=#!!!!!!!!!

Reminds me of the old Ford Synchro mesh:- Wrap in cloth THEN force centre out. Otherwise ` Click, ping and the detent balls could do serious injury ! '