AK-47 Bolt Disassembly problem

[Count Blackula]

I'm having the same exact problem as Hardataq. I soaked my WASR 10/63's bolt in Hoppe's 9 for nearly two days, along with hairdrying the bolt for a good 40 minutes to see if the heated up grease would allow the pin to budge. No such luck.

Could the bolt warp at all if I placed it in boiling water for a while?
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[mavisky]

Boiling water is nowhere near as hot as that bolt would get after a mag dump on full auto. I was going to mention taking a torch to the pin to heat that little SOB up.

 

[windellmc]

yes, directly.

So you cannot replace the bolt unless it happens to match the trunnion just right?

 

[kickbacked]

i had no problems with mine, have you tried knocking it the opposite direction?

 

[Count Blackula]

Yeah, but that didn't help either. And I tried boiling it, but I had no success getting it out.

 

[Cannon762]

Well, this sucks. The firing pin finally jammed and is stuck inside the bolt. Can't get the pin out because the retention pin is seized in the bolt. I've thrown enough time and money at this WASR. I know good ones exist, but I'm washing my hands of this one. Heaven forbid it would have been a life or death situation and the gun couldn't fire. I'm going to buy the new bolt for it and get rid of it.

 

[Clay]

if your that aggravated with it, list it for sale 'as is'. Hell Im always interested in a project!

 

[Cannon762]

I have a possible interest locally from a friend, if he doesn't bite I'll definitely put it up here.

 

[windellmc]

I assume it is out of warranty?

 

[sirxtc]

I have worked on my Draco Pistol, my PSL, and my buddies Mak90. I have gotten them all out with no problem. "The Mak90 pin hasn't been out since it was bought in the early 90's" However the pin only goes out one way. Not both from my experience. So try hitting it from the other side. There should be two pins in total. The firing pin retainer pin must come out first. Then you can remove the extractor pin. Both only go in one way and come out one way from my experience.