Need help in repairing the 1860 Henry rear sight

[Four Sixes]

Dear Fellow Henry shooters,

Out of Stupidity of my part, I accidentaly broken one of the mount on the rear sight base that hold the rear sight pin on my Uberti Henry 1860.  

I have ordered the replacement part (the rear sight base mount) from VTI. But I am having trouble in reassembling the rear sight. Specifically on how to hold the 2 rear sight spheres and the spring in the rear ladder sight while fitting the whole thing onto the rear sight base? I could put one sphere easily which reduced the stiffness of the ladder sight from close range to long range; but not 2 spheres together. Any suggestion is greatly appreicated.

4-Sixes

[litl rooster]

can you post a photo of it ....I am not sure what you are calling speres......Is this the factory ladder site or an aftermarket siight

either way this is bumbed up and someone will else might be able to help

[Halfway Creek Charlie]

Can you assemble the parts in the ladder and wrap the base in a brass shim stock to keep it together long enough to slide  it into the base and then slide out the shim stock. That is how i would approach the problem.

[Flint]

I've done it, but now you've got me wondering about how I did it, I'll look at the sight and see if I can remember.  I disassembled the sight to add notches to make it snap in the down positionas well so it wouldn't keep lifting up and flopping around at the wrong moment.  If I recall, I just used my fingers. I set one side in place and twisted the second side in while restraining the ball, perhaps with a jeweler's screwdriver blade.

[Four Sixes]

Thank you all of your suggestions. I finally reinstalled my rear ladder sight.

Mine is the factory ladder rear sight. My replacement parts from VTI came in on Sat and I was able to reassemble the rear sight.

Here is how I did it:
1) In the rear sight base, there are 2 holes on each side. The top one is for the sight pin to hold the ladder and the bottom is to hold the steel ball bearing. Regarding the top sight pin hole, one side is bigger than the other side so that the pin is going in in one direction only. This is where you will start to reassemble the rear ladder.

2) Align the bottom hold on your rear ladder to the top hole of the rear base. With the large hole facing you, drop one of the steel ball bearing into in followed by the spring and the other steel ball bearing on top.

3) I used a small hex screw driver to push the top steel ball bearing in. As it passed the eldge of the "wing or pin holder" on the rear base, I pushed the ladder in slightly so that the steel ball was catched by the inside part of the "wing". Then I cover the top hole with my finger to prevent the steel ball from "flying off"...trust me, it will if you are not carefull. Mine fly off hit the ceilling and landed on the carpet...I was #$@* and luckly I was able to find it. Ok ... go back to the installing procedure.

While I maintained the pressure on the ladder, I used the same hex screw driver to push in the steel ball from the other side. Once the steel ball clear the inside of the "wing", I pushed the whole thing down toward the base where the 2 steel balls will notch themselve into the bottom holes of the rear base.

4) I then quickly push the ladder pin through the top hole to secure the ladder to the rear base.

Now the rear stight was reassembled. I took it out yesterday to resight the Henry. It shot very well at 25yd and @ 200yd metal gong 

4-Sixes