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Posted: 5/1/2011 2:17:45 PM EDT
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Working on my first build.
Bought a LPK from Palmetto, got an Areo lower. Started putting it together from the instructions. Installed the mag release with no problem. Attempting to put the bolt release in, got the roll pin started, and the bolt release plunger with the spring is gone...how can I back the pin out so I can take the bolt release off? I have no Idea what the hell happened to the spring and the plunger went. 
Damn it!!! Any advise? |
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As long as the pin hasn't been driven all the way home you can try a pair of needle nose pliars & pull it out. Or you can carefully tap it out from the other direction. It's a pain either way. Good luck. I tis not all the way in, just far enough to hold the bolt release. |
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One of these makes installation and removal pretty easy. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26484/Product/BOLT_CATCH_PIN_PUNCH It still requires care, if you don't tape your receiver the length of the punch will scratch. And, if you tap a little too far it will mar the receiver at the pin hole itself. I learned the first one before scratching my receiver and doubled up on the tape. I learned the second bit after I screwed up. |
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aw dude this is too easy..!!! heres what you can do... clamp the roll pin with your vise grips in a 45deg angle and tap on the vise grips with a light hammer to pull the pin out...!!! if that dont work...
go to the dollar store and get one of those precision screw driver sets that have about ten little screw drivers in a black plastic case... i allways get them at a store called "the dollar tree" and grind off the screw tip so that the tool is blunt/flat and then stick it through the other side and tap it with small hammer untill it pops out... i use these little precision screw driver as a punch all the time when i have to remove a stuck pin just because they are thin and will get into tight places...and they only cost a buck so if it bends up or breaks it not a big deal... very handy to have..!!! it will work... if you bend a regular punch it will work but its a pain in the ass.... if you use the thin screw driver as a home made punch it will work well and knock that hting out faster and easier... just make sure you grind the tip blunt becaase if you dont then it will wedge into the roll pin and then you'l be really stuck then...!!! hope this helps 
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If you try to clamp with vise grips be careful. You can crush the pin. Dont ask how I know that..
Im sure that the spring and the detent "launced themselves across the room. The do that on occasion when you aren't looking. Get replacements. If you find the ones you lost, you will have spares. That must be turned into a new rifle..... Sorry, those are the rules...
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If you use vise grips dont forget to order a new roll pin when you get the plunger and spring If you use vise grips, properly tapped, don't cram the pin it the hole like some ignorant ape, unaware of tolerances and the difference between an oversize spring steel roll pin and the smaller aluminum hole it's intended for. Then you won't need an extra pin except for a new lower. |
I did the same thing on the last lower I built. After I got done cursing, I tried to punch it out with a cheap punch. No dice, because the punch kept bending (note to self: don't skimp on the punch set). The I decided to try pulling it out with the vise grips. No dice, and I only succeeded in flattening the end. Fuck. Then I got out my set of craftsman punches, and lo and behold, the not-so-cheap punch worked like a charm to punch it out from the other side. Of course I didn't have a spare roll pin, so I just commenced to whaling away at the fubar pin until it went in, then hit it with a touch of cold blue to hide the evidence. Turned out great 
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I did the same thing on the last lower I built. After I got done cursing, I tried to punch it out with a cheap punch. No dice, because the punch kept bending (note to self: don't skimp on the punch set). The I decided to try pulling it out with the vise grips. No dice, and I only succeeded in flattening the end. Fuck. Then I got out my set of craftsman punches, and lo and behold, the not-so-cheap punch worked like a charm to punch it out from the other side. Of course I didn't have a spare roll pin, so I just commenced to whaling away at the fubar pin until it went in, then hit it with a touch of cold blue to hide the evidence. Turned out great Went out and bought a good punch set today, came out with no problem. The pin is still in good condition, and the spring is still in place, but the plunger is long gone. Ordering one tomorrow. I'll update the build as it comes along. Thanks for the help and suggestions. 
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