Need a little help here
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Need a little help here
Tried removing the tang sight from the H&R TD today only to find that the rear screw is either epoxied or superglued in. It will not turn. The other two were tight but turned OK.
Any suggestions? I am trying to contact the previous owner to see what he used.
Any suggestions? I am trying to contact the previous owner to see what he used.
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Re: Need a little help here
Try putting the tip of your soldering iron into the screw and let it heat up a while, then try it. Works real well with loctite so maybe will work.
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Re: Need a little help here
The mild heat is a good idea. If it's Locktite, acetone will loosen it. If you don't have acetone, check your (just kidding) or your wife/girlfriend's fingernail polish remover to see if it's acetone based.
Re: Need a little help here
Be careful with acetone on the stock finish.
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Re: Need a little help here
You have to wonder what the previous owner was thinking using those screws!
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Re: Need a little help here
You may already have done this, but when I have a screw indicating reluctance, I put the screwdriver in place and give it a couple sharp raps with a hammer (as though driving it in like a nail). This often helps considerably to free-up a "stuck" screw.
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Re: Need a little help here
+1 on using heat , with the soldering iron.
Re: Need a little help here
+1 on sharp rap and then heat
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Re: Need a little help here
I agree with M.M Wright on the soldering gun thing so you don't mess up the wood. Set your gun where both of your hands are free to apply the torque needed to loosen 'em. Heat, then a perfect fitting quality screwdriver with a fat handle---using your body weight, bear straight down, at a 90 degree angle. They will loosen
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Re: Need a little help here
Place the rifle in a drill press vise in the drill press.
Using a screwdriver bit of the correct size mounted in the chuck, use the drill press to hold down on the bit in the screw while turning the drill chuck by hand.
Using a screwdriver bit of the correct size mounted in the chuck, use the drill press to hold down on the bit in the screw while turning the drill chuck by hand.
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Re: Need a little help here
Thanks for all of your suggestions. I will try again soon - house full of people right now for the New Year celebration..
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Re: Need a little help here
If all else fails, try a "hammer driver", a hand impact tool. http://www.ehow.com/how_4809810_use-han ... river.html
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Re: Need a little help here
+1 on the hammer driver. Should work.
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Re: Need a little help here
Bet the former owner was a carpenter. :>)
Re: Need a little help here
A hammer driver might split the stock
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Re: Need a little help here
Those seem to be wood screws in the picture. They must be glued in. The sloldering iron idea sounds like the best way to me. Be patient. It takes some time for the heat to break down the glue. Good luck!
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Re: Need a little help here
Got it out! A couple of hammer hits on the screw driver followed by heat did the job.
Thanks again for all of your advice.
Thanks again for all of your advice.