Floor plate not quite flush

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My daughter is still in bed so I can't get a diffention whats PITA?

[Chuck Heald]

PITA = pain in the arse
PETA = People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals

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Like that 1 thanks.

[Chuck Heald]

Jack,
Like Rich said, floorplates aren't hard, except about .005-.010" on the surface. They will bend.

There should be a little "draft angle" on the flooplate, similar to the draft angle on the parts that fit into the stock inletting. That part where there was a burr, you can take a little diamond sharpening stick (if you don't have diamond Swiss style files) and reduce the contact there by putting more draft angle in that area.

When you assemble it, you can put the watertable and floorplate in a vise with hardwood jaws and clamp it to seat it.

Chuck

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Originally Posted by Chuck Heald

PITA = pain in the arse
PETA = People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals

Also=People Eating Tasty Animals

[Chuck Heald]

Partridge Eating Tastes Awesome?

[Austin W Hogan]

If the floorplate has warped, a good hit in the right spot might take care of it. The problem is to know the right spot and the right hammer.
The floorplate probably began to work while still in place. Releasing it during dis assembly let it come to a new equilibrium. Try this; mark the entire edge of the floor plate with magic marker if you do not have layout blue. Place the floorplate in the frame and give it a light tap. Remove the floorplate and look for lost color; those are the tight spots.
Cover the back of the floor plate with a thin coat of grease. Insert the floorplate and tap. The grease will adhere to spots where the floorplate touches.
Have you checked the floorplate with a good, hard straight edge? That should verify if warpage has occurred; metal parts also grow when blued, or when corrosion begins.

Best, Austin

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Thanks Austin: I will give that a go next. Lots of issues that could contribute to this one. Clearly it was abused at some point to remove it. These pics also speak to the possibility of rust initiated issues.

[Richard Flanders]

Holy V grade Jackman! You get the prize for the worst Parker innards I have ever seen to date. You can bend a floor plate that rusted up just trying to remove it, even when doing it properly, just as you can bend a lock plate on a side lock gun when the front section is seriously rusted into the receiver.... been there. Side lock plates bend very easily, as do these floor plates, and are pretty easy to straighten. Bad as it looks I bet it will clean up ok though. I'd say you need to get all the rust cleaned off thoroughly before you'll know how the floor plate seats, if you haven't already. If it's been warped by improper removal or such it doesn't work to install it and gently hammer on the edges, not always anyway. If the mis fit is slight it will just spring back. You have to bend it while it's out. They bend easily. Caution is recommended. Baby steps with the little soft hammer.... and I want to see pics of these pieces cleaned up! Where was this thing stored?? In a manure pile!!?

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Hmmmm...... don't have the floor plate pic yet. Here's the trigger spring and screw though. pittiing pretty significant. I intend to reassemble most the original bits and we'll see what happens. Such a spring might fail or maybe not I did find one sear to replace a really messed up sear.