WARNING TO ALL AFTERMATH KRAKEN AK47 OWNERS
 

WARNING TO ALL AFTERMATH KRAKEN AK47 OWNERS

RE: Easily stripped fire selector screw threading

I am a fan of tight fire selectors so I often tighten my AK fire selector screw after every game. Well today I disassembled my AK in hopes of doing a bolt hold open mod. When I went back to put the AK fire selector back in, I noticed two small metal spirals on my screws. Much to my horror, these metal sprials used to be the threads from my mechbox. So now my screw has nothing to anchor onto. I belive this was caused due to my overtightening of the screw, but then again they could have used a longer screw there's at least 25% more room for additional threading by my estimate.


What should I do now?

Tap set from any hardware store and buy stainless steel screws to match.

Perhaps a tiny dab of threadlock as well. It should keep the screw tight once you have the new set in and wont be horribly hard to get out if you use the weaker thread lock. It should help tincy bit.

Went to canadian tire, ended up with nothing, so I just took out that copper tube and ground it down till it was near flush with the piece of metal, and screwed in the screw with some teflon tape and epoxy, I'm setting it overnight.

buy an inokatsu AK, i bet that wont strip lol

LOL you could have said buy a real AK.

http://arniesairsoft.co.uk/news2/wp-...K47%5B3%5D.jpg

MAN THAT'S BADASSED!!!!!

Ino will probably strip too if overtightened. I've seen 2 ICS boxes and at least one TM box with stripped threads in the same place.
I wrapped some teflon tape around selector screws on my 3 Ak's. It works very well.

If you put some plumper's tape around the screw and then put some locktite 270 on the tape area ,then put the screw back ,it will work . Aslo this then make a new thread and the screw will not back out, just remember to let the locktie dry first , aslo do not use much put some 270 on a earbudd then cover the screw.
The other thing is to get thing call a heli coil ,it looks like a spring . You the heli coil in to the damage thread and then you are sorted.

I don't understand what you mean by putting

"270 on a earbudd"

I thought about helicoil and believe me Canadian Tire is no where close to having what I want. Home Depot is not too far but I always end up getting lost in there for 3-10 days.

sorry , what I ment, put one or two drops of 270 on a earbudd tip, then use the earbudd and rub it over and around the screw thread area that has the pumpers tape on it . By using the earbudd you do not mess locktite all over the place or on any of your gun. The 270 Locktite is a thread lock type and will come loose when pressure is applied or if you use warm water. Do not use any other type of locktite product as you will not get the parts ,screws loose, ask me:D .Hope this helps

Thanks!!! I was confused because earbuds are like headphones here, we call them Q tips or Cottonswabs. Good idea I'll try it next time when I strip down the gun again, plumbers tape is working for now.

SORRY FOR THE NECRO

This happened to me and I was unable to find an identical replacement screw, so I tapped the hole at 8/32, and cut down a 3/4" screw to the correct size (about 3/16" longer than the stock screw). The stock brass washer sleeve still fits over a 8/32 screw and it's now capable of holding tighter than I could ever need.

The only problem is that due to the differences in the screw head, a new washer was required to hold everything tight together, causing the stock screw cover button to be unusable, so the screw head and washer are now visible. I painted the screw head and washer with krylon flat black and it looks great.

Total cost of repair:

8/32" x 3/4" screw: $0.15
8/32" washer: $0.03
Flat black paint: $???

If you have a few handy things lying around, like a tap set and paint, this repair might as well be free and works much better than the stock setup. If I buy another Kraken I might be tempted to do this as preventative maintenance.