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AV8R · 03-20-2008, 07:15 PM

What tools are needed to assemble a lower, considering one has a receiver, parts kit, and stock?

**mvician** · 03-20-2008, 07:25 PM

screw driver or long handle allen wrench for the grip
small hammer, a couple of roll pin punches, taped pliers are one method of getting the pins in

A gallon or larger size clear plastic bag to put lower in while you install front pivot

so to keep it from flying accross room

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jdavionic · 03-20-2008, 08:08 PM

I believe my ceiling has a mark from one of those little pins.

darkvibe · 03-20-2008, 08:11 PM

buy a pivot pin installation tool. Or make one, it's just a piece of brass or aluminum the same diameter as the pivot pin with a hole in it the size of the detent. You can do it without the tool but it makes things a lot easier and you say the F word a lot less.

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they have one there but you can probably pick them up anywhere.

jdavionic · 03-20-2008, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkvibe

buy a pivot pin installation tool. Or make one, it's just a piece of brass or aluminum the same diameter as the pivot pin with a hole in it the size of the detent. You can do it without the tool but it makes things a lot easier and you say the F word a lot less.

Welcome to Model 1 Sales' Online Order Center

they have one there but you can probably pick them up anywhere.

You're taking all the fun away

John A. · 03-20-2008, 08:21 PM

As for the detent tool, a quarter inch wooden dowel with a groove cut down the side for the detent to ride in while you're sliding it through the pin holes also works well and costs about .75 cents

AV8R · 03-21-2008, 08:49 AM

Thanks for the replies... I found several sources for AR tools. I need to place a few orders and then I can get my lower assembled.

Here's some tool resources I found in case others are looking, too:

TOOL KITS FOR AR-15/M16/M4 at Brownells

MidwayUSA - ProMag Brass Hammer and Punch Set 14-Piece

Welcome to the DPMS Online Store — DPMS: AR-15 Rifles, Parts and Accessories.

Bushmaster - Parts & Accessories

And a great video demonstrating lower assembly:

http://www.lifelibertyetc.com/RangeB...ippedLower.wmv

**KingAirDriver** · 03-21-2008, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mvician

A gallon or larger size clear plastic bag to put lower in while you install front pivot

so to keep it from flying accross room

+ 1,000,000,000

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mvician XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,658	screw driver or long handle allen wrench for the grip small hammer, a couple of roll pin punches, taped pliers are one method of getting the pins in A gallon or larger size clear plastic bag to put lower in while you install front pivot so to keep it from flying accross room AR15.COM :: Forums :: Assemble your own LOWER, UPPER, FREE FLOAT, TRIGGER, GAS BLOCK - Step by step instructions! __________________ AR15s...ya I've built more than a few http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/ar-talk...ar-family.html

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darkvibe XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 752	buy a pivot pin installation tool. Or make one, it's just a piece of brass or aluminum the same diameter as the pivot pin with a hole in it the size of the detent. You can do it without the tool but it makes things a lot easier and you say the F word a lot less. Welcome to Model 1 Sales' Online Order Center they have one there but you can probably pick them up anywhere. __________________ Springfield XD-40 Subcompact \| Kimber Eclipse Target II \| Ruger Mark II \| Kel-Tec P-3AT \| Browning Hi-Power Practical 9mm

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John A. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KY Posts: 485	As for the detent tool, a quarter inch wooden dowel with a groove cut down the side for the detent to ride in while you're sliding it through the pin holes also works well and costs about .75 cents __________________ "The 2nd Amendment wasn't adopted into the Constitution because the authors liked guns or the destruction they could cause, but to give ordinary citizens the ability to protect themselves and their family and to take up arms against anyone in a governmental position who tried to deny those fundamental and God given rights." Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 Last edited by John A. : 03-20-2008 at 08:26 PM.

03-21-2008, 08:49 AM	#7
AV8R XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Georgia Posts: 207	Thanks for the replies... I found several sources for AR tools. I need to place a few orders and then I can get my lower assembled. Here's some tool resources I found in case others are looking, too: TOOL KITS FOR AR-15/M16/M4 at Brownells MidwayUSA - ProMag Brass Hammer and Punch Set 14-Piece Welcome to the DPMS Online Store — DPMS: AR-15 Rifles, Parts and Accessories. Bushmaster - Parts & Accessories And a great video demonstrating lower assembly: http://www.lifelibertyetc.com/RangeB...ippedLower.wmv __________________ GerogiaCarry.org

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jdavionic XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GA Posts: 5,105	I believe my ceiling has a mark from one of those little pins.

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