[Obiwanbonjovi]

ok so I finally get my rpk74 built, tested, refinished, and I am reassembling, I broke the gas tube retainer lever, it practically just fell off, broke the shet metal part clean in half. Anyone know where to get one for an rpk74, milled receiver one from k-var is too short, or anyone know an awesome welder, who can fix it without disassembling rifle?

 

[Herbae]

http://www.robertrtg.com/ak.html

this one should work,

 

[Obiwanbonjovi]

that one is for a standard akm I need one for an rpk the rsb is too wide to use a standard akm one.

 

[dead_eye]

That sucks! The lever on my brand new RSB snapped off while trying to open it for the first time. Really a pain in the balls.

How do they get the lever on there? Is it slipped over the cylinder part then peened in place? Is there any way you can get the broken piece off and make a new lever.

 

[Richard W.]

"dead eye"- It's an assembly. See the photo in my link.

Obi- I don't have an RPK74 for reference. Will a 1" lever for a milled receiver MPiK work for you?

http://aa-ok.com/pivot-catch-lever-1-long.html

 

[Obiwanbonjovi]

it should my rsb is .940 but I bought a milled one from k-var and it's less than 1" hopefully this one is really 1" or just slightly longer. I'll give it a try.
thanks

 

[Richard W.]

I just measured the width of the RSBs on a Bulgarian T3 and a Hungarian T3 and got .940 and .941.

I no longer own an East German T3, but I presume it's the same.