Help reassembling Dillon 1050 primer arm back into the slide.

[Menarri]

Merry Christmas Forum. This is my first post.

Need help reassembling the 1050 primer arm back into the slide.

I had to remove my 1050 primer magazine to clear a crushed primer.  I now am unable to position the primer arm in the primer slide so that it does not either bind (when handle pulled down halfway) or disengage from the roll pin (when handle pushed upward).   There is no rubber tube on my machines roll pin.

I have played endlessly with the bracket height +/- 4.6” above the press, and slightly different facing angles.  I have tried positioning the arm into the slide at front, mid and far points of slide travel, unable to cure this problem. When the arm is positioned into the slide at either the front and mid points of slide travel, it will pop out when at the slide moves farthest from shell plate.  Conversely, it will bind midway thru travel back when the height is positioned in the slide farthest from the shell plate.  Additional notes, I can move the slide freely when its not engaged to the arm, so there does not appear to be any debris obstructing it movement. I have loaded 2k with no problems prior.  Please share advice on how I can get this back together and reloading again.

Thanks!

[Henny]

When I reassemble my S1050 from maintenance I just lower the handle, slide the slide actuating lever all the way down until  it bottoms out on the press platform, then raise the arm up about the thickness of a business card, cycle the handle to ensure things are smooth, and things are usually good to go. 

 

I know things didn't work or fit too good the one time I put the primer slide in upside down! : )

[Henny]

Yeah, another thing, you might want to go to your local auto parts store and get a couple inches of 1/8" vacuum hose to replace the rubber on the back of your primer slide. 

 

A couple of inches will will last a long time!

[Menarri]

Thank you Henny.  For some reason, with the handle lowered, I can't get the lever all the way down to touch the press, only about 1/4 inch of the lever then it stops against the roll pin.   I've tried moving the slide and positioning the lever into it from different points of travel, but no luck.  Any thoughts what may be blocking its travel?  I think that is probably why it pops out of the slide when the handle is pushed up.

[Menarri]

Henny, thank you.  your mention of the upside down slide made me look again.  Turns out I had the primer mag installed backwards.  Who'd a thought that possible:)  anyway, problem solved.  Thanks again.

[Henny]

Glad I could help!

[78Staff]

We've all done it...  Well, some of us anyway.  Just did the same a few days ago lol...took me a few minutes to figure out wtf was going on :).

[Expflier]

Dillon has a new primer slide with a replaceable brass bushing instead of the rubber hose.