barrel nut wrench

[cobretti]

I bought the Shooboy wrench so that I could swap out the handguard for an M4 style. My homemade PVC pipe wrench didn't work. Once you get the tacticool adapter, you can put anything you want on it. Now mine looks just like an M&P 15, and it might have helped, but I never used a vice...

BTW, it's a TOOL! Of course you need it! Just like you need a vice...

 

[ironruger]

I bought the Shooboy wrench so that I could swap out the handguard for an M4 style. My homemade PVC pipe wrench didn't work. Once you get the tacticool adapter, you can put anything you want on it. Now mine looks just like an M&P 15, and it might have helped, but I never used a vice...

BTW, it's a TOOL! Of course you need it! Just like you need a vice...

I did buy it for that case of when and if I ever need it

 

[tacticool22]

I think this is on topic. How to do you tighten and then loosen one of those fake suppressors that fit an inch or so under the handguard. I do have a threaded barrel.

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They just thread on your barrel where the FH was. Use a strap wrench or just your hands. If you use a crush washer it will lock down even better.

 

[ironruger]

So lets say the barrel gets a little loose like some have mentioned here. Do I need to have the vise clamps to tighten the barrel back down or can I just give it a little turn with the wrench to tighten the barrel?

 

[tacticool22]

You need to clamp on the barrel or you risk spinning the little ears on the breech block in the upper. It is a recoverable condition, but it takes a new upper to fix it.
Just ask Brett248Vista about that.

 

[Maddmax]

So lets say the barrel gets a little loose like some have mentioned here. Do I need to have the vise clamps to tighten the barrel back down or can I just give it a little turn with the wrench to tighten the barrel?

There is a torque setting in inch pounds for putting the nut back on. So,you'll also need a torque wrench that does inch pounds. There is a U-Tube video about taking the barrel off that is handy if you can get this link to work. Don't know if the video is still up but it was very helpful.

http://youtu.be/0hez1P4tOzO 0 is the number zero.

 

[Maddmax]

Just a note on compressor noise - there's no such thing as a quiet compressor. Mine's in the basement and it can be heard running on the second floor - not TOO obnoxious but you can tell it's on.

Might have a helpful hint. If you need to get into tight little nooks & crannies. Take the stem fitting used to fill basket/socker balls and file the tip off and "round out" the hole. Depending on your handnozzle type,unscrew the tip and the "stem" should slide in and fit perfect (might have to file the edges if it has a nut style thread and shorten up the threads a bit,to fit),careful so the stem don't slide into the hand piece. Mine does,but pops right back up with air pressure. That add-on long stem will get you into tight places and better pressure to BLAST out almost anything. Great for blowing dust off iron sights too.

 

[Majorlk]

Good tip! Thanks!

 

[DelFuego]

They just thread on your barrel where the FH was. Use a strap wrench or just your hands. If you use a crush washer it will lock down even better.

I am just afraid that it will end up staying too well, and if it does, then I wouldn't have a way of loosening it without spinning the barrel because the shroud would be underneath the handguard. BTW, I really like the look of the shrouds that fit inside the handguard. I wish the handguard was easily removed. I would change mine, but I have the APG version of the rifle. If I had the black version of our rifle, I would have chucked the handguard by now and replaced it with an M4 type handguard.

 

[Maddmax]

I wont always be breaking it down for a detailed cleaning but I like to do it once and awhile for the guns that I am able to do it on. Honestly though like I said before I truly thought this was a common purchase, I guess I thought wrong

I wouldn't get too worried about it. I buy everything (tool wise)I need to strip,take down or do what's ever needed to take care of my weapons. Buy extra "moving/wear" parts,springs,fireing pins.... I live in the "boondocks" and it's a long drive for fixes. I grew up around guns,have friends that are gunsmiths and have learned/been taught to do almost everything to keep my weapons working. Not everyone is handy or "nervy" enough to strip a weapon down to it's last part and re-assemble.

 

[photoracer]

Thanks I appreciate the heads up on the barrel clamp. After much debate and reading I most likely will NOT remove the barrel because of the possibility of messing the threads up, but I will keep the barrel wrench incase the barrel gets loose like some have reported and use it just to tighten it back down. As for the compressor I will look at home depot to see what they have, I dont need anything crazy. Even though I live in an apartment I dont think a small compressor will create that much noise. It will prove a very usefull tool when I clean my pistols aswell.
MajorlK: on a side note I didnt take your previous post to this thread as an insult. I have a very thick skin but I will dish it back, my outlook is if one dishes it one can take it. No hard feelings I hope

The main reason the wrench tool was made was not to remove the barrel but instead remove it so the handguard can be removed in case you want to replace it with a real AR handguard. Tacticool22 makes an adapter that goes on the barrel nut that gives it the same threads as a AR barrel nut so you can then install the handguard of your choice.