SKS Disassembly

[Millar]

Hello all,
I'm having trouble removing the gas tube/handguard assembly. I have the lever on the rear site all the way up & I'm wiggling the handguard like mad but it's not coming free. Is there a trick to this? Maybe mine is just stubborn?
Thanks for any advice!

 

[Smoothbore]

I am trying to remember the drill.

If you have the rifle in front of you, I think you have to pull the lever toward
you very gently so the little bump on it pops out of the groove, then rotate the lever further up. Now the handguard will come off, but watch for the gas piston and spring--don't let them fall to the floor.

 

[Declan]

You need to bring the lower indent in the lever to the upper end of the curved channel.

When the lever is there, a flat spot in the axial road that the lever rotates will be in such a possition that it will allow the rear end of the gas tube assembly to lift out.

You might have to actually wiggle the lever around a bit or, gently pry under the GTE when the lever is in the right spot.

If you lift the lever any further after you have removed the GTE,the spring loaded road will pop forward.

For more information, check this out:

http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/thesksshooter.htm

 

[Millar]

Thanks guys, I finally got the damn thing off by prying under the gas tube with a screwdriver & wiggling it off...it was pretty stuborn, but at least I know how to get it off now to clean after firing that corrosive ammo