You have just discovered why Hector and others (including me) recommend using a dummy pin during disassembly. You can try inserting a small Phillips screwdriver or punch to hold that spring out of the way from one side while slipping the retaining pin in from the other side. Once the pin is holding the spring it should go right through. I just don't remember if the pin should go above or below the spring. I guess if the safety doesn't work right with the spring on one side of the pin you can remove the pin and replace it with the spring on the other side of it. I think the spring should be below the pin but I can't recall for sure. Perhaps somebody else remembers more clearly about the T01. For future reference you can purchase a pack of four Hillman Shelf Pins at Lowe's. They're five mm in diameter and the perfect length for dummy pins.
Luthier...love your tag line. Reminds me of a meal in a local mom'n'pop diner years ago, which included chicken-fried steak (copious gravy involved) and cornbread. As we finished up, the cute young server swooped by with a line you could only hear in East Tennessee: "Can I get them plates outta y'all's way - or do y'un's wanna sop up?"
LOL, I'm from Louisiana. I know people who refer to Tennesseans as "the gravy people."
Quote from: Roadworthy on July 22, 2021, 03:06:43 PMYou have just discovered why Hector and others (including me) recommend using a dummy pin during disassembly. You can try inserting a small Phillips screwdriver or punch to hold that spring out of the way from one side while slipping the retaining pin in from the other side. Once the pin is holding the spring it should go right through. I just don't remember if the pin should go above or below the spring. I guess if the safety doesn't work right with the spring on one side of the pin you can remove the pin and replace it with the spring on the other side of it. I think the spring should be below the pin but I can't recall for sure. Perhaps somebody else remembers more clearly about the T01. For future reference you can purchase a pack of four Hillman Shelf Pins at Lowe's. They're five mm in diameter and the perfect length for dummy pins.Thank you! And I just now discovered much the same thing on my own, and got the beast back together.The curved bit of the safety (half visible in my second photo) slides below the rear retaining pin, forming the detent that holds the safely in the "on" (up) position. I pressed it down with a brass punch...whilst pushing the retaining pin in from the opposite side...simultaneously using my third hand to juggle the force on the spring compressor...concurrently streaming mighty oaths...and eventually it worked.I'll be stocking up on those shelf pins! Thanks again.
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