10/22 problem

[mattw]

I bought a new ruger the other day and decided that today would be a good day to clean all the factory grease and grit off of it. I had some trouble getting the pins out to separate the trigger group from the receiver, I think the holes in the receiver were under sized or the pins were slightly oversized but just passed it off as factory newness.

I got the trigger group out and tried to remove the bolt buffer pin but it was stuck in there so hard that it would not budge. I was pounding that pin with a steel punch and a mallet for about 20 minutes and it would not budge. No matter how hard i tried it would not move an inch.

Any ideas how to get it out?

 

[timuchin]

Shoot it.

It will vibrate loose and fall out next time you take the gun apart. I think I have used about a gallon of loctite on my 10/22.

 

[mattw]

i guess thats my only option.. that pin is NOT coming out with tools.

 

[rustymaggot]

kroil penetrating oil does wonders. hit it with a drop(no need to use tons, a drop or so will do it) and then leave it overnight.

i donno if the old "heat wrench" will ruin your finish or not, but you can give it a try if your bold. heat wrench is a nickname for a propane torch. heat the stuck part just enough so its touchable but not comfy to touch. then as its cooling drip kroil into the pin edges and hopefully the heat will move stuff a bit and let the kroil into the seam. or.... after the reciever is warmed up hold a icecube against the steel pin and see if the pin shrinks faster than the reciever and lets some oil into it.

the torch is a old mororcycle mechanics trick, like i said, i dont know if it will hurt your gun, so dont try it untill youve asked a professional gunsmith about doing it.

next trick, use a vice. have a wood block with a hole drilled in it on one side and then hold a small piece of metal thats like a punch but a bit shorter to fit into the jaws of the vice against the pin face. tighten the vice and press the pin out that way.

the shoot till it falls out trick that was mentioned above will work eventually. it might be many boxes of ammo before that works tho.

a old saying from motorcycle mechanics is"worry it" meaning, just do little taps and little things untill it comes out. like extracting a broken screw on a antique motorcycle case, if you hurry you can ruin a irreplaceable motorcycle part, so take it slow and easy and just tap on it a few minutes a day untill it eases out. the shoot till it falls out is a'worry it' method.

 

[mattw]

Thanks for the ideas, i'll try the kroil trick.. i really don't think taking a torch to it would help the finish much so i'll just try the kroil. I really want to be able to clean the reciever out well before i get to shoot it because of the grit that is present.