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Anybody know where someone can get a takedown spring and detent out of the lower receiver.Not mentioning any names,but some bungling idiot lost his somehow.
The idiot thanks you in advance :mrgreen:

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J Wilson wrote:Anybody know where someone can get a takedown spring and detent out of the lower receiver.Not mentioning any names,but some bungling idiot lost his somehow.
The idiot thanks you in advance :mrgreen:
Have you tried something like the procedure described here:
[youtube][/youtube]
?

If that doesn't work, the direct method is to back off the castle nut and back off the endplate. The castle nut is probably staked to the endplate. You will need a good armorer's wrench and, maybe, a punch undue the staking. If you are like me, you may want to have a spare castle nut and endplate just in case a gremlin gets in the mix.

However, it is infinitely better to put a new takedown pin into the lower without removing the detent.
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DocV wrote:
J Wilson wrote:Anybody know where someone can get a takedown spring and detent out of the lower receiver.Not mentioning any names,but some bungling idiot lost his somehow.
The idiot thanks you in advance :mrgreen:
Have you tried something like the procedure described here:
[youtube][/youtube]
?

If that doesn't work, the direct method is to back off the castle nut and back off the endplate. The castle nut is probably staked to the endplate. You will need a good armorer's wrench and, maybe, a punch undue the staking. If you are like me, you may want to have a spare castle nut and endplate just in case a gremlin gets in the mix.

However, it is infinitely better to put a new takedown pin into the lower without removing the detent.
Now THAT is a useful hint. Thanks for posting it.
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J Wilson wrote:Anybody know where someone can get a takedown spring and detent out of the lower receiver.Not mentioning any names,but some bungling idiot lost his somehow.
The idiot thanks you in advance :mrgreen:
Nice of you to help your buddy. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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J Wilson wrote:Anybody know where someone can get a takedown spring and detent out of the lower receiver.Not mentioning any names,but some bungling idiot lost his somehow.
The idiot thanks you in advance :mrgreen:
You should buy your buddy a couple of extra ones. I know because my buddy has a bunch of them in his den that he has never found. :biggrinjester:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Del-Ton-2-Taked ... 25805e3406" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Finally my buddy put a sheet over him so he would stop loosing them. :smilelol5:
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Brownells is your friend ;-)
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Useful tip. Commenting to find this again, should I need it.
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