benelli1014 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) So I ordered a CarrierComp titanium tube in mid March and got it about 2 weeks ago so (about 2.5 months). After reading SD's instructions and watching a couple of videos, I bought a vise, Wagner $39 heat gun, and 243 loctite. I preheated the heat gun for few minutes on max, then applied the heat for about 2-3 minutes. That's all it took. I was wearing nitrile gloves to keep hands clean and extra grip. I was able to untwist the tube with one hand with minimal effort (I guess they didn't put much loctite on mine at the factory). I cleaned the receiver with a brass brush, put a little bit of 243 on the threads, installed the new follower, spring, and reinstalled snap ring with snap ring pliers. It was a lot easier than it looked like some of you said. PS: Stupid autocorrect keeps changing loctite to lactate. If I missed one, just wanted to mention that no location occurred during the process Edited June 20, 2017 by benelli1014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Good for you and welcome to the cadre of do-it-yourself mag tube installers! When I did mine, I first tried a regular 1500W hair dryer on it and that did the trick so I didn't have to buy anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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