Bent arbor?

[madcratebuilder]

I got a nib, Uberti, 48 baby dragoon off gunbroker. Came yesterday and I see the very end of the arbor at the wedge slot is bent. The grease grooves in the arbor had a lot of impacted metal in them causing the cylinder to turn very hard. I cleaned that up, thought I would just bend the arbor back, then thought better of it. The wedge would just bend it back. Is this a common thing with the open tops? Frame fits up to the barrel nice, barrel gap is good, need to address timing, bolt comes up to soon and hard to get sear on the hammer on one cylinder.
I want to shoot this thing not hang it on the wall. Do you think it well be a problem gun.

 

[torn moc]

Not a common thing at all.. I would return it to the seller....email him and tell him about it!
I think Gunbroker has a 3 day inspection policy that sellers have to adhere to,,,,,,,

 

[mazo kid]

As Scalper said, try returning it to the seller if within the time limit. If you got it at a good price and want to keep the revolver, just turn out the arbor (it's threaded into the recoil shield) and replace it with a new one. That problem shouldn't affect the timing, that is a separate issue.

 

[mazo kid]

Just another thought....can you clean up the bent area with needle files? Just enough to allow the wedge to slip in and do it's job.

 

[mazo kid]

Here is a picture of mine (also bought off GunBroker NIB) after I "instant aged" it.