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Posted: 2/6/2009 11:14:19 AM EDT
| im trying to get my hangaurd off and exchange it. ive read the guides. i can not for the life of me get the two pins out of the bottom. its an olympic k4b-a4. tried both sides, using punch, and no movement. i need some help/tips/tricks. |
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they are the same size on both sides so im guessing it can go either way. i was hoping someone had a different way of getting it off, or using some make shift tool They may look the same size - unless you're sure, they probably drive out left to right. The Stag and S&W pins drive out right to left. I soaked mine with WD-40 for several days, and then used a 2/32" nail set punch with a concave tip and a solid hammer. It takes some BIG hits to get them broken loose, but then they'll pop out easily. |
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If I am not mistaken the SHOULD be driven out from left to right (the left as you aim the rifle)
I couldn't get mine off for the life of me, a small part of the problem being the pins had a rounded side so it was hard to get a punch to stay on it. I locked it up in a vise, and hit it. Nothing happened, I tried heat and cold and tapping the FSB with a hammer and penetrating oil. I then tried hitting it really hard, still nothing. So I went for broke and hit it much harder then I thought I should, the pin nudged, and then it was easy. YMMV |
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they are the same size on both sides so im guessing it can go either way. i was hoping someone had a different way of getting it off, or using some make shift tool They may look the same size - unless you're sure, they probably drive out left to right. The Stag and S&W pins drive out right to left. I soaked mine with WD-40 for several days, and then used a 2/32" nail set punch with a concave tip and a solid hammer. It takes some BIG hits to get them broken loose, but then they'll pop out easily. LMAO stag really drive out right to left? woops! 
ETA- if this is true please disregard all past present and future advice from me. |
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LMAO stag really drive out right to left? woops!
ETA- if this is true please disregard all past present and future advice from me. I'm 100% sure of this on the S&W M&P15 - was told this by Smith & Wesson tech support and it was the only way I could get the pins out on my rifle. The first time I posted that these pins drive out right to left, several answers came back that Stag is set up the same way. No personal experience with this, but since Stag made the first M&P15's it seems reasonable to assume that they drive out the same way. |
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