How do you remove a Tac-One feedneck?

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  • NinjaoftheNight79
    Registered User
    • Dec 2005
    • 89

    #1

    How do you remove a Tac-One feedneck?

    Ya, so I got my Tac-One. Its beautiful. My only problem is the feedneck. I would like a better one. How do you remeve the feedneck to put a new one on?
  • SpitFire1299
    :P
    • Jun 2004
    • 1765

    #2
    You have to unscrew it, but they are loctited on i believe. I got mine off with a table vise and some foam to protect it from getting scratched. It worked great.

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    • pachytriton
      gowing
      • Jan 2005
      • 288

      #3
      Yeah agd seals the feednecks on, I don't think it's loctite so heating it up won't work. I was in a hurry when I took mine off and just used a wrench so now the outside is totally trashed.

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      • NinjaoftheNight79
        Registered User
        • Dec 2005
        • 89

        #4
        Has anybody tried a strap wrench (I think thats what they are called). I believe we have one.

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        • Banshee23
          Lets Go Yankees!!!!
          • May 2003
          • 994

          #5
          Originally posted by NinjaoftheNight79
          Has anybody tried a strap wrench (I think thats what they are called). I believe we have one.
          I used a strap wrench to get the feedneck off of my ULE body. It was a royal pain as it is held in there with some sort of thread locker as has been mentioned. Just get a good grip on it & keep trying, it'll eventually come off.
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          • master_alexander
            im a gun pimp :D
            • Sep 2004
            • 2462

            #6
            strap wrench if you want to keep it/resell it

            wrench if you want to get it off and toss it.

            but id go with the strap wrench.
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            • ramennoodles
              hi.
              • Jul 2003
              • 1044

              #7
              Yeah, it just seems senseless to wrip up a perfectly good feedneck because one is in a hurry.

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              • SpitFire1299
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                • Jun 2004
                • 1765

                #8
                If you have a table vise, you could also put some wood in-between the feedneck; then clamp it and unscrew.

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                • ramennoodles
                  hi.
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 1044

                  #9
                  Or instead of wood, you could use my favourite old dickies, denim, or carhart cloth.

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                  • NinjaoftheNight79
                    Registered User
                    • Dec 2005
                    • 89

                    #10
                    Originally posted by ramennoodles
                    Or instead of wood, you could use my favourite old dickies, denim, or carhart cloth.
                    I could never ruin my dickies or carhart
                    I dont really plan on reselling it, but I do plan on putting it back on if I dont get a new feedneck by then. What I wanna do is have it loose so I can take that thread lock off, and put some lower power loctite on it so its semi-permanant. Then when I get a nicer feedneck that either matches the Tac-One alot better or is a locking feedneck, I will permanantly replace it.

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                    • Chris_automag_07
                      paintcushion
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 583

                      #11
                      I boiled the body for about thirty minutes(yes...on the stove) and then used brute force and a slip proof pad for opening cans to get it off....and yes, my hand hurt like a mofo when i got done....but i got the neck off.(btw....dont used vise grips, even if there is something in between...it will go through).....GOOD LUCK

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                      • NinjaoftheNight79
                        Registered User
                        • Dec 2005
                        • 89

                        #12
                        Originally posted by RogueFactor
                        I purchased a 3 pack of strap wrenches from Sam's Club for $11. Best investment ever.

                        They dont come off easy. The easiest is to have 2 people to do it. 1 holding the body, the other using the strap wrench.

                        Hope this helps.
                        That does help. Thanks much for the tip. I will have my dad help me. I would have been in there for hours trying to get it off.

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                        • HOMELANDEFENDER
                          .68 Caliber Commandos
                          • Apr 2005
                          • 303

                          #13
                          Take the Tac One main body off the lower, strip all the parts from it including the ball detent and take a flame to it -- it will come off with the addition of heat. I used a small propane torch and a "Robo Grip" from Sears.. The anodized finish was not damaged by the flame.

                          You'll need an Angel thread pattern BTW -- I love my no rise cam lever feed neck from Fireball Mountain -- They call it the "Hooker". No tools required to clamp down onto your hopper.


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                          • Chris_automag_07
                            paintcushion
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 583

                            #14
                            DO NOT.....Use a ROBO GRIP unless you want to comlpetely cosmetically destroy this feedneck...they have a bout the sharperst teeth on them of anything, believe me. i tried it.

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                            • HOMELANDEFENDER
                              .68 Caliber Commandos
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 303

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Chris_automag_07
                              DO NOT.....Use a ROBO GRIP unless you want to comlpetely cosmetically destroy this feedneck...they have a bout the sharperst teeth on them of anything, believe me. i tried it.
                              Not if you use the slip on rubber grips that should come with the package. At least mine did.

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