tk4 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I have a nearly new G17 Gen 4. I installed a 5lb wolff striker spring and a 14lb wolff recoil spring. The gun seems to function fine while shooting, but the trigger won't reset consistently when dry firing. If I hold the trigger down while cycling the slide it will reset every time, but if I let off the trigger before cycling the slide it only resets the trigger about half the time. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven420 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Did you also change the safety plunger spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk4 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 No. Do I need to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven420 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Negative. Sometimes the reduced power safety plunger spring will cause a failure to reset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98sr20ve Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Does the trigger feel heavier or lighter after that striker spring reset? Is it possible you got a heavier springs? Also, try this. Unloaded gun. Point the gun straight up, pull the trigger, Slowly pull the slide back and very slowly move the slide forward to the end. See if you can make the gun not fully go back into battery by slowly returning the slide to rest. If you can your recoil spring is too light is some peoples wisdom. It takes a pretty light spring to fail this test in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk4 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 The trigger is about a pound lighter by my trigger pull guage. The slide passes the above slide in battery test. I put in a much heavier recoil spring also, and the trigger still fails to reset consistently. It fails to reset pretty much every other time, unless you keep the trigger pinned, then it resets every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98sr20ve Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Disassemble it then. Did you change the connector or any other parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk4 Posted June 5, 2013 Author Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) A ghost connector was installed, but then removed and replaced with the stock one by a friend of mine. Is it possible something got messed up? Edited June 5, 2013 by tk4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty whiteboy Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Check the trigger return spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 If you go back to stock does it still do it? I ran that combo for a while with no problems. Did you change the trigger spring to a heavier one? This lightens pull but I never could get it to work in any glock that I tried it in. Trigger would not reset at least with lightened striker and recoil springs. Right now I'm running a 13 lb ISMI recoil spring with a 4.5 lb. striker spring, and a minus connector with no problems. If you go back to stock and the problem goes away just change one thing at a time when the problem repeats, it is the last thing that you changed now you can try to find out why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Try to stay away from any after market parts except for springs. All my glocks run with factory parts except sights. I have gotten trigger pulls down to 2lbs with glock parts by just polishing and changing springs. Vaneck triggers are really nice but I even change his LWD connector to a factory glock minus part. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I had the exact same problem you described after changing my trigger and striker spring. Figured out that when I installed the trigger spring the front loop on the trigger bar got canted when I reinstalled it in the housing and created more tension on the trigger bar. Easy quick fix reset fine after correcting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodene 5 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 happened to me also on gen3 17 no reset so I put the stock connector back in then had it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk4 Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 I had the exact same problem you described after changing my trigger and striker spring. Figured out that when I installed the trigger spring the front loop on the trigger bar got canted when I reinstalled it in the housing and created more tension on the trigger bar. Easy quick fix reset fine after correcting. The above may have been what was wrong. I took it apart, polished up the trigger parts, put it back together, and now it is resetting every time. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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