870 - replacing the recoil pad

[fish2xs]

I want to replace the recoil pad on my 870. It is about 12+
years old and has a wooden stock. I see where there are two
holes in the existing rock-hard recoil "pad", but what tool
do I use to remove it? It looks too small for a screwdriver.
An allen wrench maybe?

Is there a site that shows me how to do this? I don't want to
do any damage to my old friend.

Thanks!

 

[Coltdriver]

Take a medium sized phillips screwdriver, poke it through the holes that are already there and unscrew the pad from the butt stock.

 

[Guyon]

Coltdriver nailed it. I've taken off three or four. You just have to "feel around" with the Phillips and find the screws that are up in the pad.

 

[45crittergitter]

Sometimes it helps to use a bit of liquid soap on the driver shaft where it touches the pad. Use a #2 Phillips, I believe. Replace the pad with a Limbsaver.

 

[JNewell]

Soap is good, or Armor-all, or any plastic "cleaner/preservative" product -- you just want to reduce the friction between the screwdriver shaft and the rubber. Use a straight, round shaft screwdriver -- not a square shaft or one of the removeable bit drivers (unless you get one of the long #2 Phillips bits).

 

[SapperLeader]

I replaced my synthetic stock with a kickeez magnum pad, and my new 870, which i hope to buy this weekend will be wood stock with either a kickeez, or im considering the limbsaver pads. I used a long philips screwdriver, and played with it for a few minutes. It will come off eventually .

 

[Sulaco]

I just installed one of those new Remington recoil pads made by Limbsaver. It works pretty well. Instead of being bruised after a few hundred rounds, I am only sore. A good buy for 30 bucks.