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    Quote Originally Posted by flyer View Post
    This tool from Special Operations is worth the money and will prevent the flying detents.

    http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/sto...LLATION%20TOOL
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    Pivot Pin Installation Tool $27.06

    are you serious ? most of the above replies are right on......, but this ?? gimme a friggen break !!!!

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    The Op was asking about tools and this is the best tool made to perform this operation. Yes, it is expensive (less if you qualify for the discounted price) and not for everyone. But for an armorer or someone who builds allot of lowers it works. I have installed pivot pins without any tools at all, it can be done, but it is usually frustrating and you spend some time looking for detents. This tool works and for some may be worth the price.
    Last edited by flyer; 04-16-09 at 12:40.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trinydex View Post
    go to the hardware store, no need to make one.



    This is what i use. Cost me about .80 cent a few months ago.

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    I just use the Pivot Pin itself. I don't understand why people think that it is such a difficult task that they need a $27 tool to do it?
    We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin. - Pope Francis I

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawdog-1 View Post
    Has anybody ever made a home made tool like Brownells tool to install the front privet pin?
    I made one from a peice of broken plastic coathanger. Almost anything that's close to the right diameter , easy to turn , and tough enough can get the job done. A clevis pin would have been less work , but I didn't feel like driving to the hardware store that day.

    The plastic bag is a great thing for working with any parts than can self-launch. If something can launch , sooner or later it will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbear48 View Post
    I made one from a peice of broken plastic coathanger. Almost anything that's close to the right diameter , easy to turn , and tough enough can get the job done. A clevis pin would have been less work , but I didn't feel like driving to the hardware store that day.

    The plastic bag is a great thing for working with any parts than can self-launch. If something can launch , sooner or later it will.

    Aint that the friggin truth. And you can hang up finding the springs/pins in dark green shag carpet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by psdiver102 View Post
    Aint that the friggin truth. And you can hang up finding the springs/pins in dark green shag carpet.
    There is a reason for that. All of these small parts are made with a built-in homing device that is pre-programmed to seek out the darkest, most inaccessible place. After the small part has successfully secreted itself in that dark and inaccessible place it then orients itself so that all shiny or brightly-colored surfaces are hidden. It's a plot that all of the gunmakers are part of. That way they sell more parts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rainmaker9 View Post
    I used razor blades, they hold the detent and allow me to put in the pin and slide out the blade
    Me too. Done many that way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by psdiver102 View Post
    Aint that the friggin truth. And you can hang up finding the springs/pins in dark green shag carpet.
    Dark green shag carpet? Wow!
    Peace, Jerry

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