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8/15/2007 1:30:09 PM EDT
Help! One of the set screws on my gas block is so tight that it is actually twisting my allen wrenches! It would have been done at DPMS and I guess they put permanent Loc-tite on it.
Does anyone know how to get this screw out? Is there something that will dissolve the loc-tite? I don't even know if that was used?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Mark
8/15/2007 1:38:19 PM EDT
[#1]
i have had to use heat. i bought a cheap butane pencil torch at harbor freight. you can pinpoint the heat with the small torch. can you see the color of the lock tite.red or green is very tough .  make sure you have got a good allen wrench that fits correct if you round it out you will be drilling it out.
8/15/2007 2:10:02 PM EDT
[#2]
I got it. Red loc-tite.
Now I have a new problem. I can't get the hand guard to break free. I tried heating it also and damn near got a hernia trying to loosen it.
8/15/2007 9:30:04 PM EDT
[#3]
DCM or free float tube?
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