Bought a Remington 700 Yesterday and I want to get the 1 piece leupold mounts off and put the 2 piece ones on. Come to find out the person who put the mounts on loctite'd it! Is there any solvent or tricks to breaking it loose without having to drill it out?

Thanks

Justin

Try using a heat gun or a hair dryer.
Pete

Kroil also will help ; Apply let set for an hour use heat gun or hair dryer as PJ suggested and out they come .

Shoot Straight Know Your Target . ...

use a soldering iron to head up the head of the screw.... works good for me..

Time is precious around here so I use a torx bit with a magnetic handle and a hammer to remove them. Now and then I have to use a little heat so I use a propane torch. It's much quicker than a hair drier. When these methods fail, and sometimes they do, I have to use a milling machine. But the torx bit and hammer is my first choice.

I have had really good luck with using a screwdriver. I heat the shank above the screw while attempt to turn it once it moves it comes right out. It lets the heat travel down the shaft so I don't have to over heat the ring/base or what ever. Has worked every time for me even with red locktite
I keep a couple of screwdrivers for that purpose.
Thats just my 2 cents worth

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Buglemintoday:
Bought a Remington 700 Yesterday and I want to get the 1 piece leupold mounts off and put the 2 piece ones on. Come to find out the person who put the mounts on loctite'd it! Is there any solvent or tricks to breaking it loose without having to drill it out?
Thanks

Use a butane pencil torch (with a smal and sharped flame) focus the flame on the screw head and wait abot 1 minute, you will see that the loctite will flow, makes bubles or make smoke, then use the screwdriver or the rigth tool (torx or allen wrench), dont try without heat, you can ruin the screws torx/allen cavity or cut the screw itself.Good Luck!!!

Almost all grades of Loctite melt at about 400°F.
The hot screw driver shank is a good trick but I usually use a soldering iron.

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Originally posted by Rolland:
I have had really good luck with using a screwdriver. I heat the shank above the screw while attempt to turn it once it moves it comes right out. It lets the heat travel down the shaft so I don't have to over heat the ring/base or what ever. Has worked every time for me even with red locktite
I keep a couple of screwdrivers for that purpose.
Thats just my 2 cents worth

Even on a leupold mount that uses Torx? It looks like the back one is a lil rounded off and the Torx isn't doing so well so I may have to try a Screw Driver

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use a soldering iron to head up the head of the screw

I'll second that.

Thanks for all the help guys! A Heat gun and a 1 size larger Torx got them out with ease

FYI - white paper on Loctite states that RED Loctite requires 400 degree F to deactivate grip. Try using Blue or (Green for installed screws) for no vibrating or rotating parts. Red Loctite doesn't belong on firearms. Of course a properly specified and installed fastener doesn't require Loctite at all.