05-25-2020, 07:26 PM
Hex bits and such are probably made from tool steel, pretty hard stuff, hard to drill into.
So does that hex portion normally screw in from this outside view?
Can you get a grip on the hex with some small needle nose? Don't need to unscrew all of it, just wiggle the hex piece free.
Will the handguard come off as-is so you can look to the inside?
Can you dribble some kroil onto it or liquid wrench, then heat up the assembly and try to back out the hex bit, or maybe wiggle it loose. Sometimes heatup causes one metal to expand more than the other. Up to about 15-=175 deg should be able to do it, I use our oven (for all metal stuff that will fit), set the temp, 15 minutes of heating.
Only other thing I can think of is to gradually enlarge the insertion hole around the hex until you can get a grip on it to wiggle/reverse it out.
Just some thoughts off top of my head.
ps, I'd throw that set of hex-es away, they seem too brittle for you to trust them.
So does that hex portion normally screw in from this outside view?
Can you get a grip on the hex with some small needle nose? Don't need to unscrew all of it, just wiggle the hex piece free.
Will the handguard come off as-is so you can look to the inside?
Can you dribble some kroil onto it or liquid wrench, then heat up the assembly and try to back out the hex bit, or maybe wiggle it loose. Sometimes heatup causes one metal to expand more than the other. Up to about 15-=175 deg should be able to do it, I use our oven (for all metal stuff that will fit), set the temp, 15 minutes of heating.
Only other thing I can think of is to gradually enlarge the insertion hole around the hex until you can get a grip on it to wiggle/reverse it out.
Just some thoughts off top of my head.
ps, I'd throw that set of hex-es away, they seem too brittle for you to trust them.
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