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Thread: Heating lok-tite
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21 May 2018, 14:08 #1
Heating lok-tite
I need to take out some anti-walk trigger pins. They're the screw type, installed by JP with blue lok-tite. I have the right size wrenches, but the screw heads are eager to strip. I was told I may need to heat the pins to get the lok-tite to break loose. Question is how do I do that? I have a small butane torch but I'm concerned that it may be overkill and either damage the anodizing on the lower or make the screw even more likely to strip.
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21 May 2018, 14:13 #2
The drama of your trigger experience never ends!
I’d try a hair dryer first.
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21 May 2018, 14:18 #3
I'm saying right! Just trying to change the safety, this one has excessive play, but I need to be able to take out the trigger to do so.
Hair drier.... duh....-One Nation, Under God
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21 May 2018, 14:47 #4
Hit the screw head with the torch for 5-10 seconds and it will come right apart.
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21 May 2018, 15:31 #5
The hair dryer probably won't get hot enough to melt the loctite. If you had a heat gun, that would do it.
I would probably try the torch, like Sinner said.
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21 May 2018, 15:36 #6
Use a soldering iron. Don't hold it forever just get it hot enough.
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21 May 2018, 16:01 #7
Soldering iron.
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21 May 2018, 16:10 #8
Well, hair drier didn't work. I tried that first and stripped the screw. It's at the gunsmith now -.-
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-"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." ~ Michael Althsuler
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21 May 2018, 16:13 #9
Nothing is better than a butane torch for what he’s doing.
Hair dryer isn’t nearly hot enough. Heat guns and soldering irons will actually transfer more heat to other components than the torch.
Quick pinpoint heat is what you want. Larger screws I usually have the wrench in the screw applying pressure before I begin the heating process but if the anti-walk pins are the simple type with screws on each side it’s tough to apply the heat and pressure at the same time.
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21 May 2018, 16:39 #10
In the absence of a torch, I put my oven on self clean and wait til it hits 500, then stick whatever in there. Loosened up a bunch of brakes that way
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21 May 2018, 18:06 #11
Never had a problem delivering pinpoint heat with a soldering iron, it's pretty much the only thing it does. I wasn't really taking a POS 30 watt stick into account though.
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21 May 2018, 18:11 #12