Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hi, I need a 3/16 Hex bit to remove my action bolts. They have to go through the plastic of the chassis so need to be long. I ordered some long imperial bits on sockets but the shank of each bit is too wide to fit through the plastic. I want sockets or screwdriver bits so I can use a torque wrench. Without buying from AI anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Think I’ve solved my own problem. Bought a 3/16 standard L shaped hex wrench. Going to cut it off and JB Weld it into a 1/4 socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Which screws ? on which model rifle? - a picture may help. AFAIK my AW and AXMC screws are all metric. If it’s an AX / AXMC then threre is an Allen key under the cheek piece that can remove many of the Allen bolts in the rifle ( not all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) . Edited January 15, 2020 by Malinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 I was reading on the AI site some instructions that said they were 3/16. It’s an AW. I’ll try find the instructions again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Yep. Says 3/16 Hex insert to 6nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 With the skins off does the chassis look like this? ( older AI AW). Not my rifle but it’s the same. If it does I can take the skins off my rifle and do some pics. https://images.app.goo.gl/9aCzKKWA4VgbQNhn9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 http://www.accuracyinternational.com/assets/ai-15599-01-ax-aics-2014-installation-instructions.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 It’s the bolts on the underside I want to remove. I can see that the ones holding the skins on are 4mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 My AW is old school so a different chassis- sorry no help. Again old school idea is to mark with a pencil the bolt heads and a witness mark on the chassis and torque back to the same position ( not necessarily the same torque though ). More an issue is that the action is bonded to the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 If its got holes in the plastic skin undersides, its not an AW. You have an AICS chassis I think. The bolts are Imperial to fit remington/clone actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 That's the one Dave as you built it. Only said AW as that's what Sporting Services said when I was looking at some bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 No, its an AICS stock buddy. Imperial screws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinois Posted January 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Cheers So my JB Weld Idea should work? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 You should be able to find some bits online Ian which are longer than Standard. Pretty sure Brownells do them as single items, which go in their gunsmith screwdriver kits [ their bits are excellent quality, as it all American tooling.} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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