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I ended up going this route, thank you!

I discovered this a few years ago. Works like a charm.

this is how the original milspec tool works. You can make your own by buying this pin or rod at hardware.

If you are really careful a allen key big enough to fit the hole with some play to it would work just fine

Thank you for this! Still using this in 2024.

Golden!!!!

Thank you sir!!! Much easier!!! You are a gentlemen & a scholar!

I've never had this problem... but I can imagine how others can....so confusing how I was able to get around it.

Pure genius.

Instructions unclear, dick caught in retention pin hole.

awesome!

Just built my first AR today and I did this part with a tiny flat head screwdriver and it took like 15 seconds 😂 all the TH-cam videos made it harder and needed unnecessary equipment 😂

Your video saved my life from a lot of stress! $3 from Home Depot!😎 Thank you!

What size Clevis pin?

thats great

i just did this instead with the hole in the bolt catch. worked like a charm and is already included in a lower parts kit!

Great video, I got it first try with this method and with zero pain to my fingers 😂. Such a shitty design, I can think of at least 2 alternatives off the top of my head and I'm no fucking gunsmith or engineer.

I have built maybe 10 lowers now, and managed to do all the pivot pins without losing a piece, and no special tools (think I used a credit card a few times). But lost a detent last night and said, there must be a better trick. This seems to be it.

I lost 3 pins, 2 springs. Was gonna buy the real avid thing for $12 and a 40 minute drive but drove 3 minutes and spent a dollar. Once I realized it was a clevis pin not a Clovis pin... Thank you 11 years in the future.

What size diameter clevis to buy?

Hey! How come your springs and pins aren't oiled up!? HUH? Jk bro, thanks for the video. I'm replacing some regular small parts with FDE colored ones so I needed this 😁

Thank you sir! This is very helpful.

Awesome video!

Best video and solution.

Your lower looks like shit . . . Just sayn

Dude you just saved me by explicitly going over not having the track on the pin facing the detent right away. Thank you.

I was able to hold the pin down with my fingernail, slide a bolt through it to keep it all compressed. Then quickly pushed the pin in. But this gave me the idea since I didn't have any fancy tools.

Practical genius

I messed up a detent spring but had the foresight to buy a parts replacement kit ahaead of time before the build. This trick worked perfect for me.

I'm a sucker for the razor blade trick...use a razor to depress the spring and pin than slot in the main pin lining up the pin hole and remove the blade

one of the best videos on youtube.

Brother, you saved me SOOOOO much time lol. Excellent video; I am now subscribed! Much thanks.

Brilliant!

Not the hardest part of rebuilding anymore!!! Thanks a lot

Cool pistol

O.M.G. - Bought the clevis pin at Home Depot for $2.50, brought it home and had the pivot pin installed in less than a minute with virtually no effort. THANK YOU!

Simple video. 10years old and still a huge help! Thank you!

Some hero's don't wear capes.... thank you sir!!

Thanks.

I just used my punch to apply pressure and transferred the pressure using the pivot pin. In fact it was easier for me to do the pivot pin vs. the take down pin lol. I accidentally used the pivot pin in the take down slot, so had to swap that out and before that I had the pin inserted on the wrong side so it wouldn't come out! haha. Anyway, I got it all together and I laugh at how easy it was in the end. However, this tool would have been nice, either way.

Outstanding

THANK YOU! I cannot believe it did not occur to me to search for tips and tricks videos before I already lost the only spare detent that comes in the kit.

Thanks work great pit my first lower together this trick work awesome

You guys need more videos! Your calm voice and the best instructions !! The best n TH-cam !

Love it! I did a 300 Blackout build 4yrs ago and misplaced the Clevis pin. I couldn't remember what I used back then, so came back and found this video again.

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Thanks for the video very good informative 👍

thanks building a 80% lower and these little springs worry me

This is a handy tip. Thanks for sharing.

But the rear one requires that the buffer nut be removed to access the detent spring for the rear pin. I just saw a video earlier about that but it did not go into detail. I got a pair of pins I want to install but am not near confident enough to do both! I do, however, have a better idea of how to do the front pin now, so thank you for that!!