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    Quote Originally Posted by Bpurcg19 View Post
    Ok. Once again I am at a crossroad.

    My gunsmith does not want to heat the screws because he says he needs a hotter soldering iron. (I know nothing about soldering irons). He seems to be very afraid to touch this gun.

    Midwest Industries told me to drill the screw heads until they break off and then use clampers to turn the remaining screw. If I drill the heads, how much screw will remain? Wont it just be stuck then with nothing left to grab?

    I am also thinking of trying another gunsmith because I do not have ANY heating tools here. I have almost no tools to accomplish this job.

    Thanks for all the help.
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    "I do not have ANY heating tools here."


    Stove, flat ground nail, and a pair of pliers comes to mind.
    Good luck with your search/endeavor.

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    A heatgun does wonders..........I use mine about 5 times week. Loc-Tite never wins!
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    loctite has no business on or around the AR platform.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ARin View Post
    loctite has no business on or around the AR platform.
    I've seen ARs without the use of Loc-Tite have ejecting optics etc in class.....YMMV.
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    "ejecting optics "

    rofl, I can envision that in so many ways. ;p

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    Quote Originally Posted by dhrith View Post
    "ejecting optics "

    rofl, I can envision that in so many ways. ;p
    Yeah you really don't want to be 'that guy' in class.......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bpurcg19 View Post

    Will heating them ruin the handguards.

    With a torch, absolutely

    I'd try a heat gun or the soldering iron.

    How did this get red loctite on it in the first place?
    Last edited by scottryan; 01-29-09 at 22:58.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MX5 View Post
    Choose gunsmiths very carefully.

    I wouldn't work on the customers gun if he brought this to me.

    Too much risk of breaking something and getting blamed for it.

    Too much effort to try to solve this problem and it isn't worth it for him, time or money.

    The gunsmith is in the right on this one.
    Last edited by scottryan; 01-29-09 at 23:02.
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    Whoa


    Loctite has no place on an AR. hahahah. Its got no place on a bolt carrier, where the heat will render it ineffective. Everywhere else its fine, including on a castle nut.

    I wouldnt trust Loctite on a castlenut if somebody else told me it was there. (its difficult to visually confirm its there and you dont know if the parts were properly degreased before its use) But if I installed something myself, I'd trust the loctite to hold it.

    Re heat. Heating the guards to 300 deg will not hurt them. At that temp loctite red has lost half its holding strength. What matters is that you apply the heat carefully and locally to the screws.

    Don

    p.s. I dont pretend to know a whole lot about AR's. I'm here to learn. What I have to contribute is that I've worked on things mechanical for all my life. I roadraced motorcycles, I rebuilt an aerobatic airplane. I built a house (for what its worth). I've used a lot of loctite in my day, and disassembled a lot of parts joined correctly and incorrectly with loctite.

    p.p.s. Buy the smallest tube you can find. For most of us, it will dry up before we run out. No sense spending $22 for the big bottle unless you are an engine buuilder or a gunsmith.
    Last edited by dcmdon; 01-29-09 at 23:14.

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