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Leupold scope base torx screws stuck....Help!!!
« on: July 25, 2007, 05:04:18 AM »
I'm getting ready to send my 700ml off to get Black Iced and I can't get the torx screws on my scope bases to budge...anyone have any suggestions for getting these to budge???
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Re: Leupold scope base torx screws stuck....Help!!!
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2007, 05:21:53 AM »
They were probably put in with LocTight on the threads.  Try a little heat on them.
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Re: Leupold scope base torx screws stuck....Help!!!
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2007, 05:29:59 AM »
As was recommended, heat from a pencil tipped soldering iron or micro torch works, it also won't hurt to put a thin punch in the socket and give it a tap of two to help break the thread locker loose.

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Re: Leupold scope base torx screws stuck....Help!!!
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2007, 06:12:23 AM »
This will take a vise, OR another set of hands, and it seldom fails. Insert the proper size torx wrench, apply pressure COUNTER-CLOCK WISE, and at the "same time" TAP Hard on the top of the wrench with a small hammer. This will in effect cause the threads to loose contact with one another for an instant, and allow the screw to turn. Usually after several small increments of movement, the screw will then screw out. HEAT WITH A TORCH is an iffy thing as if SLIGHTLY over done the temper in the screw could be compromised and cause it to break off in the hole, and then you have a different and usually more difficult problem.
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Re: Leupold scope base torx screws stuck....Help!!!
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2007, 01:50:52 PM »
Problem solved. The guy at Black Ice said he would get them out for me.

Probably be a misc $200 charge for it though... ::)
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