My first AR build. Detent questions....

kymasabe · June 8, 2018, 10:11 PM

I'm going to buy a stripped lower and a build kit and put it together myself. I have a question about the detents though. Seems like every detent had a flat end and a pointy end. Does the flat end always face the spring and the point always face ..whatever?

Scorch · June 9, 2018, 02:04 AM

Yes

kymasabe · June 9, 2018, 07:41 AM

Thank you, I was pretty sure that's how it worked. But, I was watching a YouTube video on assembly and would have sworn I saw the person on the video install one backwards so...just wanted to make sure.

FrankenMauser · June 9, 2018, 02:06 PM

...Unless both ends are 'pointy'.
Then, it doesn't matter.

Watch your eyeballs when you install the pivot pin detent pin. She's a violent one, when released back into the wild.

June 8, 2018, 10:11 PM	#1
kymasabe Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2005 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,747	My first AR build. Detent questions.... I'm going to buy a stripped lower and a build kit and put it together myself. I have a question about the detents though. Seems like every detent had a flat end and a pointy end. Does the flat end always face the spring and the point always face ..whatever? __________________ God's creatures big and small, eat them one, eat them all.

June 9, 2018, 02:04 AM	#2
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Yes __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

June 9, 2018, 07:41 AM	#3
kymasabe Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2005 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,747	Thank you, I was pretty sure that's how it worked. But, I was watching a YouTube video on assembly and would have sworn I saw the person on the video install one backwards so...just wanted to make sure. __________________ God's creatures big and small, eat them one, eat them all.

June 9, 2018, 02:06 PM	#4
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	...Unless both ends are 'pointy'. Then, it doesn't matter. Watch your eyeballs when you install the pivot pin detent pin. She's a violent one, when released back into the wild. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.