Silly Question re US Palm Grip Install

SporkInTucson · 03-13-2011, 12:56 AM

Somehow managed to lose the instructions before deciding to install the US Palm grip I bought. This is only a problem because I'm a complete idiot when it comes to anything like a washer. Can't find instructions online, so I'm hoping somebody here will let me know the order that the lock washer, lock ring (is that what it is?), and the grip should go onto the bolt, and the correct orientation of the lock ring.

Thanks!

Tripwire · 03-13-2011, 11:39 AM

Depending on the type of AK you have, you want to keep your rifle right side up. Mine (Inter Ordnance AK47C) is of the type that the block that the grip screw threads into is not part of the receiver itself so I had to look around the floor for the block. Remove the grip screw and the grip. Then you want the pieces in the following order in regards to the first part being the closest to the top of the grip:
Flat washer, washer that is semi-coiled (forgive my lack of techical nomenclature), and grip screw. Guide these parts up your grip and then tighten the screw into the block. Voila! Your US PALM grip is now attached.

SporkInTucson · 03-13-2011, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tripwire

Then you want the pieces in the following order in regards to the first part being the closest to the top of the grip:
Flat washer, washer that is semi-coiled (forgive my lack of techical nomenclature), and grip screw. Guide these parts up your grip and then tighten the screw into the block. Voila! Your US PALM grip is now attached.

Thanks, TW. I figured it must go in that order (top inside surface of grip, lock ring, split lock washer). But the lock ring (which is what somebody called it on another forum in an old post) isn't flat -- it's slightly curved like a bowl. I'm going to put the rim upward against the top inside surface of the grip.

Anybody know what the lock ring is for or why a lock washer, by itself, is insufficient?

KernelKrink · 03-13-2011, 02:29 PM

Probably because the lock washer would gouge into the wood/plastic instead of flatten out like it needs to. The flat washer also spreads the force out over the entire surface area instead of the smaller lock washer area.

03-13-2011, 12:56 AM	#1
SporkInTucson Member AKaholic #: 71950 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 35	Silly Question re US Palm Grip Install Somehow managed to lose the instructions before deciding to install the US Palm grip I bought. This is only a problem because I'm a complete idiot when it comes to anything like a washer. Can't find instructions online, so I'm hoping somebody here will let me know the order that the lock washer, lock ring (is that what it is?), and the grip should go onto the bolt, and the correct orientation of the lock ring. Thanks!

03-13-2011, 11:39 AM	#2
Tripwire New Member AKaholic #: 155941 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Southeast VA Posts: 1	Depending on the type of AK you have, you want to keep your rifle right side up. Mine (Inter Ordnance AK47C) is of the type that the block that the grip screw threads into is not part of the receiver itself so I had to look around the floor for the block. Remove the grip screw and the grip. Then you want the pieces in the following order in regards to the first part being the closest to the top of the grip: Flat washer, washer that is semi-coiled (forgive my lack of techical nomenclature), and grip screw. Guide these parts up your grip and then tighten the screw into the block. Voila! Your US PALM grip is now attached.

03-13-2011, 02:29 PM	#4
KernelKrink Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 2036 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,533	Probably because the lock washer would gouge into the wood/plastic instead of flatten out like it needs to. The flat washer also spreads the force out over the entire surface area instead of the smaller lock washer area.

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