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4/11/2026 12:36:32 PM EDT
[Last Edit: wvfarrier][Edited]
How the !@@$ do you get the recoil spring tube out of the receiver?  I heated that sucker up until I couldnt touch it and the thing will not budge.  Any suggestions?
4/11/2026 1:23:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Phillbilly][Edited] [#1]
Use  punch to remove the retaining pin, while putting pressure on spring. Per Google.
Also says its in the stock, which doesn't sound right 🤔. Also isn't the rec aluminum? Shouldn't be heating that up,correct?
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4/11/2026 5:45:42 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Phillbilly:
Use  punch to remove the retaining pin, while putting pressure on spring. Per Google.
Also says its in the stock, which doesn't sound right 🤔. Also isn't the rec aluminum? Shouldn't be heating that up,correct?
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I am referring to where it threads into the receiver.   At this point I am fairly certain that it has been silver soldered into the threads.  No way red loctite could have taken the heat I put on it.
4/11/2026 6:49:55 PM EDT
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I finally got it.  The tube got red hot before the shit let go.  Sure glad I am replacing it😆
4/16/2026 9:21:21 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By wvfarrier:
I finally got it.  The tube got red hot before the shit let go.  Sure glad I am replacing it😆
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I just went through this with my 930 as I was swapping the stupid ass choate stock and putting a new Mesa Tactical Urbino stock on. That damn tube was a bitch but I was able to get it to break free after I pus a big enough pin through the spring retainer pin hole and then a breaker bar on it with the little socket head tool and. It was a bitch as they put that shit on with some strong ass loctite.
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