Removing Savage 12 FTR pillars

[6BRA]

Would anyone know a good way to remove factory pillars without a milling machine? The front pillar is currently loose.
I would like to remove without destroying the stock. Clean the factory pillars up and reinstall/rebed this stock. Bringing pillars in contact with action,. Or should I just Clean and reglue the front pillar and skim bed over top and quit overthinking this?
I tried the search function, not much out there on removing pillars.

Thanks!
Mike

 

[boltfluter]

Maybe try to make a mini slide hammer. And use it gently! If not, maybe tap the hole and a little leverage. Good luck.
Paul

 

[urbanrifleman]

Would anyone know a good way to remove factory pillars without a milling machine? The front pillar is currently loose.
I would like to remove without destroying the stock. Clean the factory pillars up and reinstall/rebed this stock. Bringing pillars in contact with action,. Or should I just Clean and reglue the front pillar and skim bed over top and quit overthinking this?
I tried the search function, not much out there on removing pillars.

Thanks!
Mike

Skim over.

 

[Twdmar]

Is it the laminate wood stock? If the pillar is moving, open up the one end just enough to free it and glue in a new one. If necessary a dowel can be glued in before another pillar is put in.

 

[Sniperhandle]

Soldering iron, Then drive it out.

 

[6BRA]

Soldering iron, Then drive it out.

I have heard this before. Didn't know if It would actually work.
thanks!

 

[6BRA]

Any thoughts on roughing up the pillar before reinstall? I have seen that some have tapped pillar holes with 1/2 inch taps to add threads into the wood allowing epoxy to grip better. Anyone file flats on pillars to keep them from turning? Don't want these loose again.
Thanks!

 

[6BRA]

Is it the laminate wood stock? If the pillar is moving, open up the one end just enough to free it and glue in a new one. If necessary a dowel can be glued in before another pillar is put in.

Yes laminate.

 

[Sniperhandle]

Most epoxies can be removed with heat, Glued in actions are removed with a clothes iron.

I have heard this before. Didn't know if It would actually work.
thanks!

 

[Bc'z]

I have heard this before. Didn't know if It would actually work.
thanks!

Phones ringing lol

 

[Twdmar]

Most epoxies can be removed with heat, Glued in actions are removed with a clothes iron.

A soldering iron set in the pillar at an angle so it holds its self up works nicely.

 

[AlNyhus]

Are you sure they're epoxied in? The pillars in the factory Savage laminates I've worked with were all just pressed in...no epoxy.

You can never say never with Savage, though....

 

[6BRA]

Are you sure they're epoxied in? The pillars in the factory Savage laminates I've worked with were all just pressed in...no epoxy.

You can never say never with Savage, though....

No, I am not sure of anything. Other than I wish I didn't have to mess with it. LOL.

 

[AlNyhus]

Some of the factory Savage ones are a double diameter. You want to make sure which way to go if you're going to pound those out. On the front one, the large diameter is normally down...but not against...the eschutcheon. They can be both aluminum and steel, by the way. If you decide to take the eschuteon out to get to the pillar, you'll almost always have some splits in the laminate to deal with.

The front eschutcheon is in there wonky 90++++ percent of the time, too. Early laminates had plastic eschuteons.

Be careful. -Al

 

[6BRA]

Al, are you saying the escutcheon that's inside the stock on bottom of pillars, may not be part of the Pillar? I was assuming this was all 1 piece built into the pillar. If this is the case, it may be just the escutcheon turning on the bottom of the pillar. I've never owned a Savage prior to this. Completely lost. I may not need to do anything? The tops of the pillars are currently skim coated and I really cant tell from the top side.

 

[LVLAaron]

Need some pictures

 

[6BRA]

Need some pictures

Here you go!

 

[AlNyhus]

If the pillar and escutcheon is one piece, here's what they typically look like. The escutcheon O.D. on this one is .550 and it's 5/16" thick. I've also removed them that are .500" O.D. This is just as I removed it...two ribs and a press fit. No epoxy.

I'd bet on it being this style, per your pics.

 

[6BRA]

If the pillar and escutcheon is one piece, here's what they typically look like. The escutcheon O.D. on this one is .550 and it's 5/16" thick. I've also removed them that are .500" O.D. This is just as I removed it...two ribs and a press fit. No epoxy.

Thanks ! So the large diameter only goes about 3/8 inch in from bottom. Then switches to smaller diameter. The shoulder allows the action to draw against the wood. Doest it even make sense to remove once its drawn down, torqued.

 

[AlNyhus]

Thanks ! So the large diameter only goes about 3/8 inch in from bottom. Then switches to smaller diameter. The shoulder allows the action to draw against the wood. Doest it even make sense to remove once its drawn down, torqued.

If it's loose it needs to be fixed. -Al