Lefever adjustment tool needed

[Mike Koneski]

Anyone have a 2-prong spanner tool to adjust the ball for the hinge adjustment to put the gun back on face? If you have any of the tools, specs for the tool or a new version of the tool, I’d like to purchase one or use the specs to make a new one. Can anyone help a Lefever fan??

[Frank Cronin]

If your search fails, I'm sure Lefever master gunsmith Buck Hamlin can help. You'll probably have to send the gun to him though.

[Rick Losey]

Mike

can you post a picture of the part to be adjusted

do you have a good bicycle shop around? for road racing bikes. Scanton or WB?
When I rode and maintained my own bikes I had a couple sizes of pin spanners in my tool kit

like this

https://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-SPA-2-Cluster-Spanner/dp/B001B6LNRQ/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=bike+spanner+wrench&qid=1580331894&sr=8-11

just wondered if that will work for your pins fitting

they may still be sitting around someplace

[Brian Dudley]

Your template to make one would be the ball on the gun.

[Mike Koneski]

OH, here’s a pic of the adjustment ball where the spanner will fit.The liquid around the ball is Kroil. I place some there every day. Hopefully when I have the tool it will help me make an adjustment without needing much heat or elbow grease.

[Bill Murphy]

My backup tool for stuck balls is a steel punch, rounded at the front to fit in the depression. A couple of stern whacks with that punch has always gotten my Lefever balls started. The bicycle spanner is very likely not up to the "Lefever task".

[charlie cleveland]

i go with bill on this fix....charlie

[Kevin McCormack]

Mike, try some PB Blaster - there are several different types of product - penetrant, anti-seize, lubricant, rust remover, etc. I used the penetrant to loosen the hinge pins on my new Fox Pin Gun. The screw slots were cocked up at odd angles from the horizontal and were super tight, so I douched each one with PB and left them sit overnight. Next day they rotated out with minimal hand torque. Great stuff - I've used it for years on super-rusted nuts & bolts on outdoor equipment. The key to success is letting it sit and seep in.

[Daryl Corona]

Kevin is right PB blaster works well. I've been using a 50/50 mixture of WD40 and ATF, it is much cheaper and works just as well. I use a ton of this penetrating solution and it cheap if you buy the WD in a gallon can and get any store brand of ATF. Using a heat gun or in a pinch a hair dryer to gently heat the area it allows just enough expansion for the solution to migrate.

BTW; Both of my Lefevers have a slotted head to the ball adjustment.

[Frank Cronin]

Similar to what Daryl recommends I use 50/50 of acetone and ATF.

A cheap oil can from Harbor Freight to apply and make sure to shake it good before using it since it separates.

https://youtu.be/CESDxCloCoQ