Need help removing a stuck tek lok

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AlecWire

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I have a mini tek lok on my Disciple and I'd like to swap it out for a full size tek lok. Unfortunately, I put lok-tite on the Chicago screws before I tightened them and now they're spinning in the threaded receivers - I can't unscrew them.

Does anyone know of a way to get the damn things out?
 
...I've defeated locktite when I used it on some small screws on a fishing reel I had...Loctite doesn't like heat...I heated a large nail with a propane torch and held the nail in the torx grooves for a while...I used the torx driver quickly and was able to get out all the screws by heating each one and repeating the process. I hope it works for you...:cool:
ps: I hope there's a way for you to grip the back side a bit...
 
In the future, don't use loctite, even the removeable, use clear finger nail polish. It'll keep the screws from coming loose but you can get the out still if you need too. I'v'e seen it used on everything all the way up to scope mounts on very heavy recoil rifles and it works great.

Charles
 
The problem with the TekLok screws is: even though you might be able to loosen the Locktight with heat (and I agree you should), there's still not a provision for holding the backside of the screw. About the best you can do is try to squeeze the edges with some good pliers while you loosen the screws. You could file a slot in the screw receiver (backside) and hold it with a screwdriver, but this shouldn;t be necessary if you can get some pliers on there.
 
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