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Originally Posted by leblanc74
why do people keep on breaking the upper when changing the barrel.... I just use a DPMS armored wrentch and use my hand.....by using your hands by holding the receiver in one and the other having that wrentch it gives the stress some release, and placing that upper in a vise well the stress has to go somewhere... I have done this numerous time and I never broke my upper... just my 2 cents...
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I couldn't do it by hand. That was the first thing I tried. This barrel nut is on TIGHT.
After cracking the upper receiver, I tried putting some real pressure on the wrench to get her open (because... well... things couldn't really get worse, could they...) even to the point of striking the wrench with a mallet to release the barrel nut and it still wouldn't budge. The freakin' hole for the dummy gas tube is still perfectly lined up!
I'm going to get my hands on a Bushmaster wrench and vice mold and hopefully I'll be able to crack this bitch open with those tools....
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Originally Posted by MadMorbius
What year was that PTW Brian? Is this still a problem with the newer models?
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It was a 2007. Ronan's is apparently a 2008 and he was able to get his open with a Bushmaster vice & armourer's wrench... although from what he told me, he had a bit of trouble with it at first as well.
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Originally Posted by Ibby
If you don't have any plans for the broken upper, I'd like to get it from you just to see if my roomie can fix it. At worst it stays broken, at best you wind up with a spare upper. They guy has some real welding talent, I've watched him TIG cigarette foil together.
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Sounds good. Once I finish using the original upper as a reference to modify a real steel, I'll shoot it your way.