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What tools are needed to assemble a lower, considering one has a receiver, parts kit, and stock?

 

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screw driver or long handle allen wrench for the grip
small hammer, a couple of roll pin punches, taped pliers are one method of getting the pins in
A gallon or larger size clear plastic bag to put lower in while you install front pivot :shock: so to keep it from flying accross room


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I believe my ceiling has a mark from one of those little pins.

 

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buy a pivot pin installation tool. Or make one, it's just a piece of brass or aluminum the same diameter as the pivot pin with a hole in it the size of the detent. You can do it without the tool but it makes things a lot easier and you say the F word a lot less.

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they have one there but you can probably pick them up anywhere.

 

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buy a pivot pin installation tool. Or make one, it's just a piece of brass or aluminum the same diameter as the pivot pin with a hole in it the size of the detent. You can do it without the tool but it makes things a lot easier and you say the F word a lot less.

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they have one there but you can probably pick them up anywhere.

You're taking all the fun away

 

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As for the detent tool, a quarter inch wooden dowel with a groove cut down the side for the detent to ride in while you're sliding it through the pin holes also works well and costs about .75 cents :wink:

 

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Thanks for the replies... I found several sources for AR tools. I need to place a few orders and then I can get my lower assembled.

Here's some tool resources I found in case others are looking, too:

TOOL KITS FOR AR-15/M16/M4 at Brownells

MidwayUSA - ProMag Brass Hammer and Punch Set 14-Piece

Welcome to the DPMS Online Store — DPMS: AR-15 Rifles, Parts and Accessories.

Bushmaster - Parts & Accessories

And a great video demonstrating lower assembly:

http://www.lifelibertyetc.com/RangeBag/Video/LLE_AR15StrippedLower.wmv

 

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A gallon or larger size clear plastic bag to put lower in while you install front pivot :shock: so to keep it from flying accross room

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