pivot pin install tool??

[dwalker460]

Simon I can help you out if you need it.

[Great-Kazoo]

See this $1.99 pivot pin tool
http://www.eaglearmory.com/index.php...roducts_id=276

ANY hardware store carries the same item only called a hitch pin for $0.75
I own 2 of them and they work great. OR you can buy this tool from any gun supply vendor for 3X the coast.

[kwando]

Got it, I just used an allen key, was not as hard as everyone says it is

[Great-Kazoo]

Got it, I just used an allen key, was not as hard as everyone says it is

Until you think you know where the detent pin and spring landed. Never work where the floor is carpeted.

[mrfish83]

I've used a (thin) feeler gauge to hold the spring and detent depressed while sliding in the pivot pin. Just takes a bit of practice to depress the setup and slide the feeler gauge over, but once you do, it's cake...

[Musashi]

I just finished my first lower build and ditto on the allen key, I only lost one detent as it shot across the basement somewhere... Note to self - always keep a couple of spare detents on hand when building a lower.

[osok-308]

man, i never felt like it was necessary, maybe i got lucky, but i just used a flathead screw driver to hold it down and pushed the pivot pin in with ease.

[ray1970]

I used to install the pivot pin with the help of a small screwdriver. But the tool is so much easier. Insert tool, drop the spring and plunger through the tool, depress plunger with a paperclip or similar item, rotate the tool 90 degrees, push the pivot pin in. Done. No need to try to hold the spring and plunger under tension while installing the pin.

My tool cost me nothing. Just took a 1/4" bolt I had laying around and cut the threaded part off and cross drilled a hole through it. I threw a small o-ring on it so the head of the bolt wouldn't scratch the receiver.

But, to each their own.