M14 barrel indexing...help!

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I noticed that my front sight is leaning to the right when looking from a shooting position. Then i checked where the barrel meets the receiver and noticed that the tapered shoulder of the barrel is rubbing the op-rod and impeding a nice smooth and slick pull. Which way does the barrel screw into the receiver? Is it over tightened or under tightened? And where can i get some detailed info on indexing the M14?

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Satain said:
This process should not be done unless you have done this before and know what you are doing and have the proper tools to do so. As for as the how to's please read the stickies.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40293
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Thanks Satain, I realize this and appreciate your advice but there are some questions in my post that need answering. I'm not about to ship my rifle to the opposite end of the country until i know what needs to be done. I have some homework to do first and am looking for answers not empty comments.
 
Satain is just tryin to help ya, he's good people :D
I got your message and will reply this evenin. I just got in from a week away and notice my message box is full and needs my attention.

As for the front sight leaning to the right. "If" it's out of index, the receiver must be turned clockwise to tighten a few degrees more to agree with front sight.
Oprod rubbing on barrel flange, need some pics, could be indexing, but could be a tweaked oprod.
Front sight leaning to right (or left)... Ensure it's not an incorrectly machined flash hider. Inspect it in detail. There are many chinese flash hiders that have improper position of front sight dovetail base. Off center or tilted sight bases are fairly common. The newer version with bayonet lugs seem to be improved, but non lugged chinese flash hiders commonly show symptoms of shoddy machining. Thus the demand for USGI flash hiders a couple years ago. Not such a demand since the chinese bayonet lug versions started coming on the 2009 series rifles.
 
deezy said:
Thanks Satain, I realize this and appreciate your advice but there are some questions in my post that need answering. I'm not about to ship my rifle to the opposite end of the country until i know what needs to be done. I have some homework to do first and am looking for answers not empty comments.
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You need special barrel/receiver wrenches inorder to proper index the barrel and not damage the parts.

The post Satain linked to is the post I made showing what was done when I built my CrazyHorse EBR clone..........read through it.

if you don't have the tools, or haven't done it before and have no one experienced to help you, I would send the rifle off to someone experienced in barrel indexing............

Barrel vise and action wrench.......

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Using the alignment bars to check the barrel indexing.
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There are two alignment bars in this pic. ;)
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Norinco uses a set screw in the reciever were the barrel threads in to lock the barrel.This set screw needs to be drilled out in order to turn the barrel......


 
x2 as to what the others have said....Here is some more pics, these are of my rifle at the Hungry clinic in Barrie last year.Hungry supervised while we all did our own. If you have a chance to attend one of his clinics it is highly recommended.You can use an ordinary wrench but the barrel vice is really needed .When mine snapped into place it made a loud snap and a wisp of smoke rose up from it....cool.I was hanging off the end of the wrench to get it to move though....and as the M-Doc said you turn the receiver clockwise to tighten it onto the barrel a bit more.Note the masking tape on the receiver and barrel and watch out for the pin on the bottom of the receiver.
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