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Posted: 8/12/2005 9:42:25 AM EDT
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well it should wobble a bit, but you should not be able to unscrew it. sounds like another wonderful case of Century Arms quality control. you will have to pin the piston back in.
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Posted: 8/12/2005 9:49:39 AM EDT
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So mine with the wobble is OK?
But my freind's that comes out is not? Where do you get a pin and how do you put it in? |
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Posted: 8/12/2005 10:01:03 AM EDT
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You want a little wobble, not much.
As for the WASR, the easy solution is to just mash the threads. Typical carriers have a hole drilled all the way through so when the piston is screwed in, you can see the threads. Take a punch or something pointy and mash the threads. Keeps it from coming out and you could always drill out the mashed threads if you need to remove it. |
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Posted: 8/12/2005 11:16:01 AM EDT
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The piston should be screwed all the way into the BC, then backed off 1/2 turn and pinned.
The factory pins ran horizontally thru the BC about .375 from the end and they were .125 in dia. |
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Posted: 8/13/2005 4:19:24 AM EDT
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The Official Soviet AKM Manual, translated by James F. Gebhardt (Paladin Press, Boulder, CO: 1999).
Under "Procedure for inspection of the rifle by officers", in Section 72, subsection 3) (p. 49), it reads: "3) During inspection of the bolt carrier pay special attention to the attachment of the gas piston. A slight wiggle is permissable." |
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