Crooked glock front sight

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Just had night sights installed and noticed the front sight is slightly crooked. Would using a vice and a pair of needle nose pliers do the trick?
I believe red Loctite was used...

Thank you
 
WOLF_5 said:
Just had night sights installed and noticed the front sight is slightly crooked. Would using a vice and a pair of needle nose pliers do the trick?
I believe red Loctite was used...

Thank you
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I wouldnt use pliers because you have a higher chance of marring your new sight with them, I used a small adjustable wrench tightened to fit snug on the sides of the sight and just held the pistol in my other hand....

This is normal the tolerance between the hole for the sight and the tab on the sites is loose, so they slant a little while being tightened if not held in place with something
 
JohnnyP636 said:
I wouldnt use pliers because you have a higher chance of marring your new sight with them, I used a small adjustable wrench tightened to fit snug on the sides of the sight and just held the pistol in my other hand....

This is normal the tolerance between the hole for the sight and the tab on the sites is loose, so they slant a little while being tightened if not held in place with something
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So small adjustable wrench snug on the sides and a little bit of pressure should move it a couple millimeters without issue?
 
- Apply heat to the front sight (it will loosen the red loctite).
- Use a ground down 3/16 nut driver (or similar) [pictured below] to remove the front sight.
- Clean the threads with alcohol and try again with blue loctite.

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I switched from blue to red Loctite for Glock front sight screws.

The threads are so tiny the blue doesn't do the trick.

FYI...
 
Wiha #26547 3/16 x 60 nut driver will fit the sight screw w/o mods.

non-exclusive source:

ht tp://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/26547/431-1127-ND/510527
 
rodregier said:
I switched from blue to red Loctite for Glock front sight screws.

The threads are so tiny the blue doesn't do the trick.

FYI...
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All my front sights have been installed using blue loctite and I've yet to have one move on me.
 
I ended up securing the slide in vice with towel, I used a small adjustable wrench and tighten around sight and adjusted a few millimetre's, aligned perfect now, no need for removal. I'll purchase a 3/16 nut drive for future work down the road.
Thanks guys
 
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