Axle pin help (308 conversion)

[lrwarchild 0]

I am having a terrible time getting the axle pins out of my .308 Saiga rifle. Has anybody else had this problem? Is there a trick to it that I am not aware of? They are just not coming out. I've been beating the heck out of them for like an hour now. Please help.

[cellsworth 21]

Have you removed the retaining wire? As I recall, that is really all that prevents them from being removed. If that is the problem, simply disengage the retaining wire from the slot on each axis pin and drift the pins out.

Edited December 1, 2008 by hogdog

[SOPMOD 254]

I am having a terrible time getting the axle pins out of my .308 Saiga rifle. Has anybody else had this problem? Is there a trick to it that I am not aware of? They are just not coming out. I've been beating the heck out of them for like an hour now. Please help.

 

 

Uh,did you pull the wire/spring out of engagement with the lip on the big end of the pin right against the inside wall of the receiver?

[lrwarchild 0]

I got that. It was the wire spring. When I looked closely with a flashlight, I saw what I needed to do. Now what is the best way to get the plate off the bottom of the reciever? It looks like there are 3 spot welds; one on the the front of the trigger guard and two underneath the trigger guard. I have one rivet filed of, but it isn't coming out easily.

[SOPMOD 254]

I got that. It was the wire spring. When I looked closely with a flashlight, I saw what I needed to do. Now what is the best way to get the plate off the bottom of the reciever? It looks like there are 3 spot welds; one on the the front of the trigger guard and two underneath the trigger guard. I have one rivet filed of, but it isn't coming out easily.

 

Do you have a dremel too and a flat sharp chisel?

 

You can dremel the spot weld thin,cut the heads off the rivets with a small diameter dremel cutoff wheel and then place the sharp/flat chisel between the receiver and the plate and whack it towards the spot welds with a hammer and the plate will pop off.You may have to whack the remaining shank of the rivets with a punch but avoid trying to cut and grind all the way though so you don't scar your receiver.

 

I have even thinnned the spot welds and cut off the rivet heads and in lieu of a chisel used and old butter knife hammed betweent he plate and the receiver to pop the plate off of the remaining rivet shanks and spot welds when helping a friend finish his conversion on the kitchen table of his apartment

 

http://www.cross-conn.com/Saiga_Conversion/Step_3.htm

[lrwarchild 0]

I actually have both. that's some good advice. I have to go get the cutoff wheels, but other than that, I have it covered. I also noticed I will need a disconnector spring. The one with the old trigger assembly was too large. Thanks. What dremel attachment for the spot welds?

 

 

 

I got that. It was the wire spring. When I looked closely with a flashlight, I saw what I needed to do. Now what is the best way to get the plate off the bottom of the reciever? It looks like there are 3 spot welds; one on the the front of the trigger guard and two underneath the trigger guard. I have one rivet filed of, but it isn't coming out easily.

 

Do you have a dremel too and a flat sharp chisel?

 

You can dremel the spot weld thin,cut the heads off the rivets with a small diameter dremel cutoff wheel and then place the sharp/flat chisel between the receiver and the plate and whack it towards the spot welds with a hammer and the plate will pop off.You may have to whack the remaining shank of the rivets with a punch but avoid trying to cut and grind all the way though so you don't scar your receiver.

 

I have even thinnned the spot welds and cut off the rivet heads and in lieu of a chisel used and old butter knife hammed betweent he plate and the receiver to pop the plate off of the remaining rivet shanks and spot welds when helping a friend finish his conversion on the kitchen table of his apartment

 

http://www.cross-conn.com/Saiga_Conversion/Step_3.htm

Edited December 1, 2008 by lrwarchild