WK 180 Cleaning help

OntarioThe Free

OntarioThe Free

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Watched some video's and everything is pretty straight forward. However when I try to remove the gas piston after unscrewing the set screw the gas key and rod wont come out. Any tips appreciated thanks
 
nelsonm64 said:
i had the same issue recently. i ended up removing the gas block to get the rod out...
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Ok ill have to figure out how to do that. at the same time the screw heads are stripped on my handguard. I received it like this unfortunately. Nothing is giving me issues its just that id like to give it a nice clean and get familiar with it
 
OntarioThe Free said:
Ok ill have to figure out how to do that. at the same time the screw heads are stripped on my handguard. I received it like this unfortunately. Nothing is giving me issues its just that id like to give it a nice clean and get familiar with it
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that’s a bummer bout the screws! but once you do get the handguard off there two screws under the gas block, remove those and it’ll come off.
 
the handguard screws had the #### torqued out of them from the factory. you can try to peen the metal back in with a hammer then wedge either a torx or a flat head or Robertson. needs to be tight enough you need to hammer the bit in, then torque them out. the hammering should jar them a little and make them easier to unscrew.
 
I assume you took off the hex screw that stops the piston from flying forward (where the allen key is inserted into in this video at 2:51 https://youtu.be/rt7xy27U0Vg?t=171)

The reason they don't come out is the crud is blocking the rest from sliding out the front. Take your bcg out and give the piston some *light* encouragement from the back end they should come out.

Might not be a bad idea to take the gas block off, but make sure you put them back on properly and loktite all set screw.
 
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