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Posted: 6/8/2005 2:09:25 PM EDT
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I've tried about ten different ways to get this stinking front pivot detent in, and it's driving me nuts! Is there an easy way to do this? I'm using a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the detent pin, then using the pivot pin itself to shove it in the hole. 
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It would probably be easyer without the "launch". |
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The dentent pin launch is the right of passage for any AR builder. This leads to assembling the lower in the bath tube with the curtains closed, Followed by the big clear bag trick, Then to that point that you just make the tool (and having a shit load of extra pins for when you do launch one). |
Make a tool? Do tell. I draped a few towels over stuff in the kitchen (better lighting).  It paid off a few times.
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Instead of making a tool, you can use an allen wrench and push it in from the other side.... I wrote up a thread and put some pictures in it awhile back, take a look and see if it helps any.... www.pre-ban.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35578&st=0 |
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Finally got the little bastard when I got home from work. Using an allen wrench, ziplock bag, and razor blade, I got it. Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I did have one pin launch earlier before I set up the towels. It went out of the hole, off a coffee mug, hit the light over the kitchen sink, and down into the electric skillet. *swoosh*  So, now I have to wait a week to finish building, because the parts kit was missing a spring, and none of the gun stores around here carry spare parts  .
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