Loctite removal

[zombiescanlearn]

I have a fake suppressor on my AR. It has some screws that is holding it attached to the barrel. I have some gun loctite on the screws. Is it safe for me to crank as hard as I need to in order to remove the screws? Or is there some other way to losen the loctite before I try to remove the screws?

Thanks.

[JHermsen]

You might want to apply some heat to soften it and before you "crank" on it and strip something out.

[Merc1138]

If the screws won't budge(like if you used red loctite instead of blue), heat it with a torch first.

I said heat it with a torch, not try to melt the screws out of place, not get it red hot, etc.

[tast101]

Since we are on the subject, this would be what I need to do in order to remove the stock comp on my stag upper? I thought I read that they put loctite on there.

[cranemech]

I would use a good quality heat gun,not an open flame. If the red loctite was used, it has to be heated to 500 degrees to break it down.

[SDM44]

Use a heat gun, no more than 500 degrees is needed (my gun goes up to 800 degrees).... any hardware store will have one, Home Depot for around $15-$20.

Work around the threaded area but don't let it sit long at one spot. It took maybe 60-120 seconds to heat up an AR barrel around the threads area, in order to loosen up the Loctite (I was going slow, not to overheat anything). It took me about 30 seconds to heat up a pistol barrel to get a comp taken off.

Once the Loctite breaks loose, the part easily unscrews right off.


Tip - put the barrel in a vice with some type of rubber pads on each side so that it keeps the barrel from rotating. I once was lazy and used a towel and some channel lock pliers and you could see some teeth marks on the barrel afterwards

[zombiescanlearn]

Thanks everyone, I'll try the heat gun.

[Gunsmithing]

Use Loctite on screw you do not want to remove.
I have had to remove a lot of screw with loctite for others.

1. For small screw Try using a solder iron hold on the screw for 10 min
2. If this does not work and you can use a torch, heat till the screw turns red let cool slowly.
3. Drill and tap the screw this works ever time.

Dave