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Offline GHGoodwin

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Screw removal
« on: August 22, 2021, 04:24:01 PM »
New to forum.  .223 Bren 2 carbine.   Looking to remove the M5x10 screw (#4 on parts diag.) at the rear of the rail.  Is it held on with adhesive?  Darn thing doesn't seem to want to budge and I din't want to strip out the head.

THNX in advance.
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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2021, 09:47:41 PM »
Good luck bro
I think CZ LOVES RED Locktite
I had to take a dremel to the screws on a CZ Bren - I was replacing the older Evo sights with the newer flip up sights. They were crazy tight.

Offline MeatAxe

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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2021, 11:12:28 PM »
New to forum.  .223 Bren 2 carbine.   Looking to remove the M5x10 screw (#4 on parts diag.) at the rear of the rail.  Is it held on with adhesive?  Darn thing doesn't seem to want to budge and I din't want to strip out the head.

THNX in advance.

Might have some blue loctite on it. I’d hit it with a heat gun  before you go Medieval on it.

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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2021, 08:01:17 AM »
New to forum.  .223 Bren 2 carbine.   Looking to remove the M5x10 screw (#4 on parts diag.) at the rear of the rail.  Is it held on with adhesive?  Darn thing doesn't seem to want to budge and I din't want to strip out the head.

THNX in advance.

Might have some blue loctite on it. I’d hit it with a heat gun  before you go Medieval on it.

Hopefully, that's the case.  It wasn't for me.  I had to go midevil

Offline GHGoodwin

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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2021, 11:28:36 AM »
Had to go the Midieval route.  Dremeled in a slot then heated and oiled a good bit before it finally backed out.  It was simply put in dry and way too tight.  Threads on the screw were deformed so I cleaned out the rail with a tap.  Went with a flat black painted Grade 8 screw for a stronger head (less likely to strip) and a bit of Vibra-Tite VC-3 threadmate.  Screw torqued in at 20in/lbs. 

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Offline armoredman

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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2021, 04:06:54 AM »
WOW. Well, it IS nice to know the screws are tight...

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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2021, 06:24:19 PM »
WOW. Well, it IS nice to know the screws are tight...

It's like they're welded lol

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Re: Screw removal
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2022, 05:58:40 AM »
Yeah, stripped screws are such a pain in the arsehole. You better use something like a Dremel to remove it, if you have one, of course. Or, a simpler way to remove Screws – use a drill. Just drill the whole thing out. There’s only one minus – you lose the screw thread and get just a hole. It’s not lethal, but it might be problematic when replacing the old screw with a new one.
But if the screw is welded into the rail, I really can’t see any other variants rather than just making a hole there and then using thread-making drill. There are some good ones that you can use multiple times.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2022, 01:58:14 PM by Laminat »