Cuz Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hello, I want to replace the night sights that came with my Glock 26. They are factory steel Glock night sights. I have a tool for the rear sight, but I'm not sure what's holding the front sight in. It looks like the portion of the sight that protrudes into the slide is just mashed outward in all directions to hold it on. What I need to know is how do I take it off so that I can install it on another Glock? And, of course, how do I then install the sight on the other Glock? Thanks, -Cuz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2osport Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) If it is staked as you say you nee to punch it out. Use a small punch and tap it out. When you install it on the new slide, peen it over like it is currently. It should have a sqaured off area that lines it up in the slide. Edited March 30, 2009 by h2osport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5-O Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 They're staked/swaged in place. Like h2o said, you can use a small punch to remove it. But, reinstalling it in another glock might not be so simple without damaging the tube (not saying it can't be done). I've done a few of the glock night site installs with the tool from glock and it is a pain in the okole. The instructions with the tool says to install the front site with some type of glue (I use the Loctite Black Max adhesive). In the beginning, some of the front sites flew off until we replaced the thumb screw with a hex head bolt on the factory tool to use a wrench to apply more pressure to swage the stud. Try it and if it doesn't work, I would buy new sites (except glocks) if you really want night sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuz Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Thanks for the info. In retrospect I should have just gotten the gun with regular Glock sights so I wouldn't feel bad about trashing them. I guess I'll give it a whirl and see what happens. I guess if I trash the front sight I can always keep the rears and just buy an Ameriglo front sight or something. -Cuz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 The Glock stock plastic sights are the way to go on a new gun - in the sense that it's really easy to get them off so you can replace them with something decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninefan Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Glock makes a removal & install tool for the staked sights ($$$), but since I usually don't care about the stock night sights I just take a big pair of pliers and pull/twist them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuz Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks for the inputs. A friend was able to just punch them out gently. He was also able to install them and used a bit of loctite to help secure them. -Cuz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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