How To "Detail Strip" the Kahr's Upper!

[deanp1964]

dude, this is awesome

thanks

[joshh]

getting ready to do this for the 1st time. got a bunch of boxes through the pm9 now & while i do spray it out w/ synsafe then eezox it, i feel its due for a slide teardown and proper eezoxing. am i right to assume the procedure is the same for my ma compliant version?

[carkarrier]

Be nice......some LEOs are human.

[carkarrier]

Whoops wrong thread.....

[midmo]

this there a different link for this video? my computer for some reason will not open it

[david8613]

I know this old but just incase... nice vid, thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5h5i...e_gdata_player

[joshh]

after well over 500 rounds and over a year of every-day-carry, i finally made some time to do real cleaning on my pm9! easier than i thought it would be to do and damn it was WAY CLEANER than i thought it'd be. also no more wear on it now than after break in. very impressed. my normal maintenance after shooting is to spray out the slide with non-clorinated brake cleaner, put a thin coat of eezox on all the metal and a drop on the striker spring, let it dry, reassemble & wipe down. not to sound like a commercial but i have to say i am 100% sold on eezox now more than ever.

[PYROhafe]

If im going to install the 5lb striker spring, do i need to take the train completly out, or can I get away with just pulling the spring and swapping in the new one? Should i go ahead and pull everything out and clean while im that far in anyways?

[Tinman507]

You're 98% of the way in there, why not go the other 2%?
Clean, check and be sure.

[PYROhafe]

had a feeling today wasnt the day to try this, but I went for it anyways and now im missing the striker spring guide.... couple parts went flying (didnt have everything pointed down into the bag) and I found everything except the striker spring guide.... looks like im makin an order from kahr! just been one of those days.....

[ripley16]

.... couple parts went flying

If you use the "Ripley Retractor" shown in post #3, that won't happen again. The coathanger wire tool holds everything inside the slide, and takes pressure off the rear plate while you remove it. Then with your thumb over the rear hole you can ease the retractor off and allow the guide rod and spring to expand out. It works.

[PYROhafe]

yeah... thought about that, but I figured what the hey... im only taking it down this time to change out the striker spring.... I wont bother with making the tool for just this once.... like I said... its been one of those days! (went to lowes and got the wrong part, tried to fix the washing maching drain and that failed, ran into several problems changing out the ceiling fan in the guest room, went to the grocery store and left my milk n had to go back.... then lost the striker spring guide)

[PYROhafe]

I FOUND IT!!!!! whew! Im going to bed! (just so I can end on a good note!)
well tore everything down, looks great! Got the 5lb striker spring installed, and that feels pretty sweet too! Cant wait to get it out to the range next weekend to try it out! I love this forum! (can you tell im in a much better mood now that my cm9 is back in order!?

[mudslinger79]

Why won't my slide cover plate come off? I have a CW9 and I can't for the life of me get that little cover off. I've made the life coat hanger retention tool, but I can't get the plate to move.

[Tinman507]

Are you pushing in the little pin behind the half moon cutout on the rear?

I found the smallest jewelers screwdriver (in a set of them) worked the best. It takes more oomph than you realize to push that in the first time. Once you push that in, begin to slide the cover off. Once it begins to move, remove the screwdriver. Cover that area with your thumb as the extractor pins and spring will want to come a flyin.