nothing..... just re-cock the hammer before replacing the slide
You can purchase a slide hammer a ACE
Hammer on, hammer of and Slide
A Slide Hammer..............
Slide hammers can be bought in good tool stores, particularly stores that specialise in auto-body and sheet metal work. - I have never seen a slide hammer used in carpentry.
The metal cations easily slide past one another.
The internal hammer at the back of the slide is pushed in and the slide pulls upward. There is actually a tool for this but you can use anything that fits, push in the hammer until it clears the retention bar at the hammers center then lift the slide. Be careful the springs are under pressure and will shoot out. There are two springs one at the front for the slide and one at the back for the hammer/firing pin.
it has a handle, and a long bar leading to a tip, on the bar is a weighted slide, like the head of a sledge hammer. The tip has a bit you can unscrew and insert a screw or other bit.
slide hammer and and a screw drill the screw in the freeze plug then pull it with a slide hammer and it should pop out then tap the new one in with a rubber mallet
Cocking
The average retail price for a slide hammer will vary just slightly depending on the retail or online store one goes to, but the average price would be around a hundred dollars.
Cocking
What is the year?