[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Installing TDI upper handguard help!!

Posted: 9/17/2006 11:22:20 AM EDT

OK so I got a set of TDI handguards the lower one gos on fine but i can't seem to get the upper one on I can get it on half way but that's it it won't budge so whats the trick i see TDI handguards on aks all the time it can't be that hard to install them

Posted: 9/17/2006 12:24:51 PM EDT

[#1]

Just stick the flat part in a vise or hold it with channel locks and rotate the cover left or right, some stick but they always come off ...

Posted: 9/17/2006 6:06:37 PM EDT

[#2]

Cover with a rag to save your hand when it does go around

I sprayed lube in the hoops, cranked, saw shavings, filed a wee bit, repeated till it went, and it's solid now.

Posted: 9/17/2006 6:36:44 PM EDT

[#3]

thats why i have an extra gas tube for each peice of upper furniture, its just less work.

Posted: 9/17/2006 11:43:03 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Just stick the flat part in a vise or hold it with channel locks and rotate the cover left or right,

+1. There's no AK problem that can't be solved through the judicious use of brute force.

Seriously; I've installed several sets of these at the shop where I work, and they can be a bit stubborn. The vise works. Expect to see a little pinching and/or shaving of the plastic; the wide variation in AK tolerances means these things are "custom fit".

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