Ruger LCP Extractor Removal & Installation Instructions

Ruger LCP Extractor Exploded View & Components

The Extractor Assembly consists of the following components.

1. Spring Part No. SC06450 (key #3)

2. Plunger Part No. SC04600 (key #4)

3. Extractor Part No. SC01400 (key #5)

Tools

1. Spent 38 Special Case. Grind or sand the case rim to 14/32" or about .43".
2. Little Nail or Rod about .059 diameter. Grind the nail tip to make it flat. Remove all sharp edges.
3. Pin, Sewing Needle or Dental Pick (used to pluck out the extractor).
4. 1/8" Punch (used to reinstall the extractor plunger assembly).

Place the 38 special case between the breach face and extractor claw. Push up gently. Don't push up too far, just enough to make the extractor stick out through the side of the slide. This will relieve some of the extractor spring tension and will allow you to insert the little nail.
Note: If you push up too far it may be hard to remove.

Insert the little nail into the hole in the slide.

Then remove the case. This may require some force depending on the size of your 38 special rim.

Apply left to right pressure on the little nail to relieve spring pressure on the extractor. Use the pick or needle to pluck it out. It will come out easily. (I haven't tried it but you may be able to turn the slide upside down and have the extractor fall out by itself, but be careful not to let the little nail come out.

Extractor is now removed.

WARNING - DO NOT REMOVE THE LITTLE NAIL AT THIS TIME. If you do, you will be releasing the spring pressure and the extractor spring and extractor plunger will shoot out. You may end up losing them.

Ruger LCP Extractor; P/N SC01400; 61505;
Costs $6.50

This is what the extractor slide chamber looks like. 

Since the extractor spring and plunger have a tendency to shoot out when the little nail is removed, block the exit path with a q-tip.

Just to be on the safe side cover it with a paper towel too, then remove the little nail. You will feel and hear the release of the extractor spring and plunger but it will be contained.

REMEMBER THIS ORIENTATION OF THE EXTRACTOR PLUNGER. It is important that when you reinstall the plunger assembly it is positioned the same way. Note that the "sharp" edge of the plunger faces the outside of the slide. 

Carefully remove the plunger and spring. 

View of the plunger and spring removed from the slide. 

Picture showing the extractor chamber and the spring access hole in the slide. 

This extractor, spring, plunger and the extractor chamber were relatively clean as evidenced by the Q-tips. 

Extractor Plunger Assembly consisting of the Extractor Spring Part No. SC06450 and the Extractor Plunger Part No. SC04600. The spring and the plunger will simply pull apart.

Spring Part No. SC06450 and the Plunger Part No. SC04600. 

Ruger LCP Extractor Spring Part No. SC06450  
Costs $2.00

Ruger LCP Extractor Plunger Part No. SC04600. 
Costs $2.50

Reinstall  the extractor plunger assembly into the slide chamber. Position it such that the "sharp" edge of the plunger faces the outside of the slide and the plunger hole matches the hole in the slide.

Use the punch or other tool to align and compress the extractor plunger assembly.

Make sure everything lines up. 

Push down on the plunger to compress the spring until the holes align.

THIS IS THE HARD PART

Re-insert the little nail to contain or block the motion of the plunger assembly. 

THIS IS THE HARD PART

To insert the extractor, again push left to right on the little nail and place the back end of the extractor into the access hole. Reinsert the 38 special case between the breach and claw. Only use enough pressure to relieve the spring pressure on the nail so it can be lifted out. Remove the little nail.