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5/7/2013 4:43:32 PM EDT
Anyone have any idea how to take the hand guard system off on these Colt crx rifles without marking the crap out of them????

What kind of wrench do they use???

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5/7/2013 5:00:31 PM EDT
[#1]
It looks like the nut on the rear(next to the receiver) screws back and relieves tension on the hand guard.

Youll need a proper wrench for it.

There may be an anti rotation screw on the bottom like the MI SS rails.
5/7/2013 5:07:11 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
It looks like the nut on the rear(next to the receiver) screws back and relieves tension on the hand guard.

Youll need a proper wrench for it.

There may be an anti rotation screw on the bottom like the MI SS rails.


Have any idea what the proper wrench is???
5/7/2013 5:16:09 PM EDT
[#3]
I use a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer.

5/7/2013 5:16:44 PM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
I use a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer.



My problem exactly....
5/7/2013 5:19:09 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
Quoted:
It looks like the nut on the rear(next to the receiver) screws back and relieves tension on the hand guard.

Youll need a proper wrench for it.

There may be an anti rotation screw on the bottom like the MI SS rails.


Have any idea what the proper wrench is???


I have a spanner wrench I bought for a YHM that works on most I've come across.
Here
5/7/2013 5:55:51 PM EDT
[#6]
Wouldn't a rubber banded jar-opener/oil filter wrench work? Like 2 bucks at the dollar store, brah.
5/7/2013 6:02:44 PM EDT
[#7]
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Wouldn't a rubber banded jar-opener/oil filter wrench work? Like 2 bucks at the dollar store, brah.


Sometimes. If it's properly torqued, probably not.
5/8/2013 9:02:30 AM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Wouldn't a rubber banded jar-opener/oil filter wrench work? Like 2 bucks at the dollar store, brah.


Sometimes. If it's properly torqued, probably not.


No - they don't grip well enough on those lock rings - but they do work well for unscrewing the tube itself if someone used Loctite.  
5/8/2013 10:06:18 AM EDT
[#9]
yhm made a wrench for it. dont know if the still do
5/8/2013 10:51:33 AM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
Wouldn't a rubber banded jar-opener/oil filter wrench work? Like 2 bucks at the dollar store, brah.


Some dollar store, must be inflation!
5/8/2013 11:47:47 AM EDT
[#11]
There is a spanner wrench for these types of handguards on Amazon for $11.  Works great and the other end is for castle nuts.
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