madecov
December 25, 2002, 17:11
As I posted yesterday, the recoil return spring tube unscrewed with the retaining nut attached on my STG carbine
There were several folks who responded with advice on how to seperate the parts.
Gary's method worked just fine.
I locked the nut in the vice and covered the tube with 3 layers of electrical tape, large plyers and a some pressure and the parts seperated. I degreased the parts and used red locktite to put the tube back on the receiver.
I changed out the recoil springs with new springs from TAPCO using the tool :bigangel: .
man, now this thing is 3 times harder to rack the bolt. No wonder I was starting to have some misfeeds. Hopefully I can get to the range to test fire because I'm sure the gas system will need to be readjusted.
Anyway Thank's again Gary !.
I love this board.:love:
Oh yeah, does the recoil spring need to be lubricated ..... If it does how and where ?
There were several folks who responded with advice on how to seperate the parts.
Gary's method worked just fine.
I locked the nut in the vice and covered the tube with 3 layers of electrical tape, large plyers and a some pressure and the parts seperated. I degreased the parts and used red locktite to put the tube back on the receiver.
I changed out the recoil springs with new springs from TAPCO using the tool :bigangel: .
man, now this thing is 3 times harder to rack the bolt. No wonder I was starting to have some misfeeds. Hopefully I can get to the range to test fire because I'm sure the gas system will need to be readjusted.
Anyway Thank's again Gary !.
I love this board.:love:
Oh yeah, does the recoil spring need to be lubricated ..... If it does how and where ?