[The Chad]

Hey....so here is the regular procedure for armalites that are not SRC.

Take the two body pins out (front and back)

Crack the body making sure you are not damaging the wires (front or rear wired)

If rear wired, the upper should be completely free of the lower. If front wired you may want a steady solid surface to rest it on so there is no stress on the wiring.

Remove the stock from the buffer tube if crane stock. Can be tricky and may require some force. Once the butt is removed from the stock, there will be a screw to remove the buffer tube cap. After the cap is removed, the screw will be exposed at the other end of the buffer tube. Remove this screw.

If full stock, simply remove the screw parallel to the cylinder.


Now that the Upper and the stock are completely removed, you may take the pistol grip off by removing the plate under the grip.

Remove the Black and Red leads from the motor terminals and remove the motor. (Be careful not to lose the spacer washer that is on top of the motor.)

Once the motor is removed, there should be two screws that hold the pistol grip to the gearbox. Remove them.

Now that the pistol grip, stock, and upper are completely removed, you can now take off the magazine release assembly.

After taking off the mag release, take the final, small body pin out. (Near the middle of the gearbox.)

Taking the gearbox out may be tricky. You may need to pursuade it by pulling the cylinder housing back and forward to wiggle it out.



Please, anyone, if I left something out or am wrong about something, please feel free to correct.