Slick Coil Removal

[Jim P]

Just curious, what's the easiest way to remove the wedges when replacing a Slick coil. I had to swap the coil due to pitting from a bad brush, and finally got the wedges out, but I was curious if there was an easy way I missed.

 

[RONSIM]

I helped do it

and the I/A used a modified open-end wrench to pry them out (had a shoulder-notch filed into it)-- with coaxing from a hammer ----- however, one on each mag broke using that technique and had to be drilled out.

 

[rocketbob]

In the T100 toolkit I have its just a piece of steel with a hook on the end. I put a wood block over the of the mag, pry the wedge out with the tool gripped with a pair of visegrips, while prying between the piece of wood and the visegrip with a screwdriver. Clear as mud?