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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Buffer Tube Removal

Posted: 8/29/2004 1:04:19 PM EDT

I have a Colt MT6601, is there some magic on removing the buffer tube from the lower? I feel if I twist on it any harded it will break the lower.

Posted: 8/29/2004 1:13:27 PM EDT

[#1]

get a bigger hammer?

Posted: 8/29/2004 1:27:11 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
get a bigger hammer?

Yeah, I don't want to flatten the tube.

Posted: 8/29/2004 2:15:16 PM EDT

[#3]

It might have had some LocTite applied to it. Which means you may need to heat it up.

Posted: 8/29/2004 2:30:02 PM EDT

[#4]

it sounds like it could get ugly.......

Posted: 8/29/2004 4:51:51 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
I feel if I twist on it any harded it will break the lower.

What are you using for leverage? Or are you worried about breaking a forged aluminum lower with your bare hands?

Posted: 8/29/2004 5:23:38 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I feel if I twist on it any harded it will break the lower.

What are you using for leverage? Or are you worried about breaking a forged aluminum lower with your bare hands?

I have the lower in a vice and on the tube a foot long set of vice grips that have rubber teeth.

Posted: 8/29/2004 5:29:49 PM EDT

[#7]

OK, well, please dont get offended,

But are turning the tube the correct way, right to tighten, left to loosen, Just asking....

Posted: 8/29/2004 5:45:22 PM EDT

[#8]

Use a Craftsman strapwrench

Posted: 8/29/2004 5:51:34 PM EDT

[#9]

there should be a place on the end of the tube with two flat sides too it.......you should put that in the vise......then unscrew the upper.

Posted: 8/29/2004 5:53:10 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
there should be a place on the end of the tube with two flat sides too it.......you should put that in the vise......then unscrew the upper.

You mean the lower?

Posted: 8/29/2004 6:02:04 PM EDT

[#11]

I used a 1/2" wrench on the two flat areas at the end. After that it was just a matter of applying enough force over a long enough time. When the loctite finally broke it sounded almost like a .22.

I was also worried about bending something but I just put the lower on my leg, pushed forward on it with my left hand and twisted the wrench with my right.

It was a bitch but it came off.

ETA: Once the loctite broke a child could have unscrewed it.

Posted: 8/29/2004 6:03:50 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
OK, well, please dont get offended,

But are turning the tube the correct way, right to tighten, left to loosen, Just asking....

Righty, tighty. Lefty loosey. Got it. No offense taken.

Posted: 8/29/2004 6:05:19 PM EDT

[#13]

sorry...yes i mean the lower.

Posted: 8/29/2004 6:10:26 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
I used a 1/2" wrench on the two flat areas at the end. After that it was just a matter of applying enough force over a long enough time. When the loctite finally broke it sounded almost like a .22.

I was also worried about bending something but I just put the lower on my leg, pushed forward on it with my left hand and twisted the wrench with my right.

It was a bitch but it came off.

ETA: Once the loctite broke a child could have unscrewed it.

Whew. That work. Thanks guys for all the input. Now I'll I need is for a few weeks to pass and a couple of UPS or Fedex deliveres.

Posted: 8/30/2004 1:30:37 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I used a 1/2" wrench on the two flat areas at the end. After that it was just a matter of applying enough force over a long enough time. When the loctite finally broke it sounded almost like a .22.

I was also worried about bending something but I just put the lower on my leg, pushed forward on it with my left hand and twisted the wrench with my right.

It was a bitch but it came off.

ETA: Once the loctite broke a child could have unscrewed it.

Whew. That work. Thanks guys for all the input. Now I'll I need is for a few weeks to pass and a couple of UPS or Fedex deliveres.

Heck, if thought getting the buffer tube out was bitch, waiting for the UPS and Fed-EX trucks will be a REAL BITCH....

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