Hello all; I've got a question about a Ballard carbine action. It's an original carbine which had a broken lever so I picked up a repro replacement from S&S. I've been unable to source an original one for years now. I fitted and filed away and got it installed but the lever flops/drops down when I imagine it should be maintaining it's position closed / when pulled back. I havent yet drilled the hole in the rear loop for the stud to pass through (or filed off the casting sprues) but I doubt that's all that keeps the lever closed? There should be some tension keeping it closed like on a Maynard carbine? The problem is I don't know what provides that tension on the linking bar, the lever body, or a missing spring (I doubt it). I haven't really found any good diagrams of a disassembled Ballard beyond the original patent drawings which are no help here.
Does anyone have a Ballard they can disassemble for me so I can see if my "linking bar" for lack of a better word is shaped correctly or if it's broken or there's otherwise a piece missing? Maybe the 'ears' that the linking bar secures in when the pin is passed through are too lose or they should be angled at some point so there's the missing tension at the correct position? I'm at a loss here and I'd really like to get this working properly. Any help would be much appreciated!
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