removing recoil spring SBE2

[Campbery]

picked up a used SBE2, not sure it was ever cleaned, cycles great, tried removing the cap on the recoil spring and man it's tight, don't wanna break anything, put some compressed air through and lots of sludge came out the drain hole, assume it needs to be cleaned, any tips? Thanks

 

[Rod B]

There is information about this on the Shotgun World web site. It is in either the Gunsmithing & restoration or the Benelli forum.

 

[hunter5425]

I did my buddy's SBEII and the nut was stiff. It is an older model and had some thread locker on it that I softened with a heat gun but apparently the newer ones have a nylon lock on it that would make heat a bad idea. By the way the flats are 17mm on the nut.

 

[Campbery]

Thanks guys, did a search but nothing really helpful, the loc tight was on SBE1 I think, nobody out there have one of these that they've removed?

 

[Bluedevil25]

I have removed two one from a SBE 1 and one from a SBE 2. If memory serves me right you need a heat gun to warm up the lock tite. I have since replaced both of mine with Sure Cycles.

 

[Campbery]

Thanks again, gonna give the heat a try

 

[rembolt]

I did a friends M2 20ga I wrapped the tube with leather and gently clamped it in a vice .a bit of heat and it came free but did take a bit of force .

 

[Campbery]

it's that fine line I dont want to cross haha, hate using force with firearms

 

[Campbery]

used a heat gun, came off like a dream, thanks for the advice, boy was it dirty in there, glad I did it