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Yost action again
May 25th, 2021 at 4:25pm
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Hi folks
Still looking for some one who can help me with  my yost action. I tried once before but the right person did not see my plea.
Thanks for looking.
Muskin
  
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Reply #1 - May 25th, 2021 at 4:32pm
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What exactly is it that you might be in need of?
  

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Reply #2 - May 26th, 2021 at 10:46am
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The main spring  broke. I made anew one, I mean  I made  many. Working the leaver it won't cock. Not sure if the sear is engaging the FP. I can't see much inside to tell what is happening. If I use a screw driver to push the FP to the rear it seems to engage the trigger and I must pull the the trigger to move the FP forward. With a main spring in it won't engage.
  
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Reply #3 - May 26th, 2021 at 12:17pm
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Below is a link to the Yost action information. If you keep scrolling all the way down to get to the Yost action hopefully you will find what it is that you need. Including a drawing you have to enlarge and also some pictures of the action and all of its parts. 

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Reply #4 - May 29th, 2021 at 11:25am
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Thanks for your attempt to help me. I have all the prints I need. What I really need is to talk to some one who has worked on one of these actions. I had hoped I could find some one on ASSRA forms. Still searching.
  
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Reply #5 - May 29th, 2021 at 11:48am
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Being a striker action, and knowing you made a new main spring, my first question would be if the new coil spring is too long or thick such that the spring is bottoming out before it can engage the sear.  I've seen that with other striker action springs.  You can do the math and figure out how much compression of the spring you need vs. how much you have before it is bottomed out.   
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Reply #6 - May 29th, 2021 at 12:32pm
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Resolving the problem would likely be done rapidly hands on and there are those who could do it. Hazarding a guess is not comfortable gunsmithing!
  
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Reply #7 - May 29th, 2021 at 1:22pm
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A hands on approach is very understandable. Unfortunately I don't know of anyone other than it possibly being Steve Durren who could actually help you out.
  

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Reply #8 - May 29th, 2021 at 1:30pm
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There is no coil spring,  The action is cocked by the leaver pushing on the main spring which fits into a slot in the FP. When the FP is pushed back it rides over the sear. This is what I can not get it to do. Thanks for your advice though. Do you know anyone who can do this simple matter.
  
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Reply #9 - May 29th, 2021 at 3:41pm
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Muskin, I don't know if it would apply or not, but the Hoch action uses a similar lever to cock the action and if the end of the lever is not hardened properly it will wear and therefore not move the striker rearward far enough to cock.  It sounds as though you don't have close enough contact between the lever end and the mainspring.  Maybe the mainspring originally had a bump in it to get it closer to the lever end?  Or a bend in the upper end to position the striker farther to the rear? (I don;t have a Yost - just wish I did!)  Best of luck with it!

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Reply #10 - May 30th, 2021 at 3:31pm
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If anyone is interested check out JLouis suggestion to see the Yost action prints. You can see how it works. Thanks
  
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Reply #11 - May 30th, 2021 at 5:24pm
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Muskin wrote on May 30th, 2021 at 3:31pm:
If anyone is interested check out JLouis suggestion to see the Yost action prints. You can see how it works. Thanks
And, thank you. Always good to understand the workings of another action. Yost seems to have had an aversion to coil springs, although he had built a prior action with a coil mainspring. It would have been interesting to discuss with him.
  
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Reply #12 - Jun 9th, 2021 at 11:40am
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Well folks I sent the Yost action off to Lee Shaver. Will let you know how that works out. Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
  
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Reply #13 - Jun 20th, 2021 at 8:31am
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The Yost is not difficult to assemble - when you have the instructions.
The spring is easier to replace if you discard the original 8-32 screw (which strips easy) with a cap screw.
You can obtain replacement springs from Steve Holborn.
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Reply #14 - Jun 20th, 2021 at 9:11am
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Yost Assembly Instructions:

1. Install trigger (8) from bottom of breech block (2) and insert 1/8" dia. pin (16). 
a. Install two trigger springs (13). Fasten with 8-32 x 1/8" modified screw (28).
b. Install sear engagement adjustment screw (25).
2. Lubricate top surface of firing pin (9). With breech block upside down, drop firing pin in and position to the rear of breech block.
3. Slide sear (6) in from rear into groove in firing pin and push sear pin (19) in. (May use slave pin or drill shank to help in assembly.)
4. Slip intermediate lever (5) with delrin bushing (23) on each side in from rear. Install intermediate lever pin (17) through intermediate lever (5).
5. Slip delrin intermediate lever stop bushing (24) in from rear and install (lever stop) pin (20).
6. Install intermediate lever torsion spring (12). Be sure that spring engages the upper notch in the intermediate lever and rests behind trigger spring screw (28). (May use slave pin to help center spring.)
7. Insert safety (10) to engage center (pivot) of torsion spring (12).
8. Insert screw driver blade into slot in forward end of firing pin. Depress trigger and slide firing pin forward.
9. Install breech block actuating pin (18).
10. Place tip of main spring (4) into slot in forward end of the firing pin. Position screw hole in bent end of main spring central to tapped hole and install 8-32 button head screw (27) using 3/32" allen wrench (33) provided. Do not tighten at this time. (By not tightening, the firing pin should be recessed into the breech far enough to allow installation of breech into frame without the barrel damaging the firing pin.)
11. Prior to installing the breech block, grease the breech block channel (mortise) in the frame with extreme pressure (EP) grease. Also, apply the same grease to front detent surface of the main spring and to the working surface of the lever (3).
a. Slide breech block into receiver (1) from the bottom along with extractor (11) and lever (3). Insert lever pivot pin (21).
12. Tighten main spring screw (27) firm enough to remove pretension on spring. Do not over tighten! Be sure hex key is new and sharp cornered and held firmly into socket.  I replaced my 8-32 button screw with a cap screw.
13. Install forearm extension (15) using flat head screw (29).
  
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