My straps are S shaped not C shaped. That said, I adjusted the curve at the top half of the S, which corrected the stuck trigger. Very helpful. Thank you.
This is the best video on the GopherHawk! Nobody else shows a closeup of the spring adjustment that I've found. Mine is somehow locked up so I can't set the strap mechanism. It won't cock and the straps can't be pushed out far enough. I can't find another video on this issue so guess this is a unique happening.
@dalehammond1749 you're absolutely right! Mine won't cock either and GopherHawk needs to do a much better job in teaching the maintenance and repairs these trap require.
Mine stopped cocking as well. I held GopherHawk upside down and squirted some WD40 at base of dangling trigger thingy and now it cocks ok. However, although it will trigger with a slap on the side of the GopherHawk, it will not trigger consistently when I giggle the trigger thingy like it should. Hmm.
Very helpful. What do we do about broken rather than bent snares? I do not see parts listed on the Gopherhawk website and online sellers do not seem to offer them.
Same thing with mine. It would never trip and catch a gopher. No matter how much the trigger lever was pushed over , it simply would never release the trip. Even slapping the trap would not release it. I took mine partially apart to clean the latch mechanism. You do not have to remove the straps. So leave the three screws alone that hold the straps in place. Unscrew the main spring as far as it will go, but do not remove it completely. It is really hard to get it back on, so do not remove it completely. With a file remove the head of the rivet on the rectangular plastic piece on the side. Then push the remaining section of rivet into the tube to get it out of the way. The plastic rectangle can be removed by sliding it down toward the bottom, in the direction of the straps. It is mounted in a key-hole slot where the hole is bigger at the bottom. Once it is slid down, then it can be pried out. This plastic piece is what the latch catches onto to hold the trap open. Now the internal slide can be slid down and expose the trip latch. There was a bug (an earwig) inside of mine, along with some fine dirt. Clean the latch and cycle it until it functions properly. I lubed it with some WD40 brand "Specialist / Water Resistant / SILICONE / Lubricant", there is a tiny hole on the side where the trip lever is mounted, the tube of the WD40 spray can fits into it perfectly. Then reassemble everything. Instead of a new rivet I used a tiny-tiny screw found in my multiple jars collection of "Used Screws".
My straps are S shaped not C shaped. That said, I adjusted the curve at the top half of the S, which corrected the stuck trigger. Very helpful. Thank you.
I would say the video is pretty clear. Thank you for posting.
This is the best video on the GopherHawk! Nobody else shows a closeup of the spring adjustment that I've found. Mine is somehow locked up so I can't set the strap mechanism. It won't cock and the straps can't be pushed out far enough. I can't find another video on this issue so guess this is a unique happening.
@dalehammond1749 you're absolutely right! Mine won't cock either and GopherHawk needs to do a much better job in teaching the maintenance and repairs these trap require.
Mine stopped cocking as well. I held GopherHawk upside down and squirted some WD40 at base of dangling trigger thingy and now it cocks ok. However, although it will trigger with a slap on the side of the GopherHawk, it will not trigger consistently when I giggle the trigger thingy like it should. Hmm.
Damn I must have tossed out 4 of these traps I could have easily fixed! Thank you TH-cam!
Very helpful. What do we do about broken rather than bent snares?
I do not see parts listed on the Gopherhawk website and online sellers do not seem to offer them.
well you show it in yellow, mine never gets to yellow because it is still in engage mode
Mine does not get set off. I test it by touching the little piece in the middle and nothing happens
Call their number help is available.
Same thing with mine. It would never trip and catch a gopher. No matter how much the trigger lever was pushed over , it simply would never release the trip. Even slapping the trap would not release it.
I took mine partially apart to clean the latch mechanism.
You do not have to remove the straps. So leave the three screws alone that hold the straps in place.
Unscrew the main spring as far as it will go, but do not remove it completely. It is really hard to get it back on, so do not remove it completely.
With a file remove the head of the rivet on the rectangular plastic piece on the side. Then push the remaining section of rivet into the tube to get it out of the way.
The plastic rectangle can be removed by sliding it down toward the bottom, in the direction of the straps. It is mounted in a key-hole slot where the hole is bigger at the bottom. Once it is slid down, then it can be pried out. This plastic piece is what the latch catches onto to hold the trap open.
Now the internal slide can be slid down and expose the trip latch. There was a bug (an earwig) inside of mine, along with some fine dirt. Clean the latch and cycle it until it functions properly. I lubed it with some WD40 brand "Specialist / Water Resistant / SILICONE / Lubricant", there is a tiny hole on the side where the trip lever is mounted, the tube of the WD40 spray can fits into it perfectly.
Then reassemble everything.
Instead of a new rivet I used a tiny-tiny screw found in my multiple jars collection of "Used Screws".
please use narration for any future videos.
Nope. Will not reset even when I remove the entire spring.
Narration would have been helpful
chris smoove