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Quote from: trippledigitss on November 02, 2011, 04:30:18 PMIs there some sort of trick or method to getting the fiber optic bead out without ruining it?Maybe not 'without ruining it', I always used vice grips set as loose as possible to unscrew them. I suppose you could cushon the vice grips with a small piece of rubber band. I never really worried about the old bead, I've never gone back to factory beads after installing fiber.Quote from: trippledigitss on November 02, 2011, 04:30:18 PMAlso, I want to put one on my boys 870 but his bead is pressed in and I dont know how to get that one out in order to tap & install the new tru glo one?? Pressed in should also be removable with vice grips. Just clamp and twist while pulling. You shouldn't worry about ruining this one, if it's pressed in, you'll never reuse it.
Is there some sort of trick or method to getting the fiber optic bead out without ruining it?
Also, I want to put one on my boys 870 but his bead is pressed in and I dont know how to get that one out in order to tap & install the new tru glo one??
Yep, put the base against something hard and unmovable with the opening for the fiber completely exposed. Press on the fiber from the other side. It should pop out.
Oh geez!!!!! Ok... now I feel REALLY STUPID!! As I was looking at the pics I realized the hole in the base is threaded and the set screws are threaded completely, some with different sized threads on each end. Not with a slotted head like I assumed. So I am supposed to thread one end into the base and the other into the gun. SHEESH! WHAT A DORK! I couldnt see those threads in he base until I looked at the pics! Oh man I'm getting old! Thanks for the help guys. Geez I feel STUPID!Thanks for the vid too P-man. I never thought to look on youtube, (man you can find anything on the net these days) I just went straight to my buds here!
Quote from: trippledigitss on November 03, 2011, 02:11:15 PMOh geez!!!!! Ok... now I feel REALLY STUPID!! As I was looking at the pics I realized the hole in the base is threaded and the set screws are threaded completely, some with different sized threads on each end. Not with a slotted head like I assumed. So I am supposed to thread one end into the base and the other into the gun. SHEESH! WHAT A DORK! I couldnt see those threads in he base until I looked at the pics! Oh man I'm getting old! Thanks for the help guys. Geez I feel STUPID!Thanks for the vid too P-man. I never thought to look on youtube, (man you can find anything on the net these days) I just went straight to my buds here!Well Triple, you may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but...I guess that's all!
Quote from: pianoman9701 on November 03, 2011, 02:17:08 PMQuote from: trippledigitss on November 03, 2011, 02:11:15 PMOh geez!!!!! Ok... now I feel REALLY STUPID!! As I was looking at the pics I realized the hole in the base is threaded and the set screws are threaded completely, some with different sized threads on each end. Not with a slotted head like I assumed. So I am supposed to thread one end into the base and the other into the gun. SHEESH! WHAT A DORK! I couldnt see those threads in he base until I looked at the pics! Oh man I'm getting old! Thanks for the help guys. Geez I feel STUPID!Thanks for the vid too P-man. I never thought to look on youtube, (man you can find anything on the net these days) I just went straight to my buds here!Well Triple, you may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but...I guess that's all! Yeah, where have you been?!? If you would have posted that video sooner it would have saved me a couple days of aggravation and now a lifetime of embarrassment !!