Yugo AK bolt carrier problem

[trbon8r]

I was shooting my Yugo AK today and had a problem with the bolt carrier that took the rifle out of commission. This is a Century Yugo, and has worked great for 1000 rounds.

On my rifle there is a hole drilled in the bolt carrier, and a pin inserted which attaches the gas piston to the bolt carrier. This pin drifted out and was loose, and it tied up the gun.

I have two spare original new Yugo bolt carrier/gas piston assemblies. I had never noticed before, but neither of these has a hole drilled, or the pin. Obviously the gas piston attaches differently per the original Yugo design. What process is used on the original Yugo bolt carriers to attach the piston?

I'm guessing that the monkeys at Century replaced the piston with a U.S. made part for 922r compliance, and did a crap job of it. My question is, why drill the bolt carrier, and use a pin to attach the piston? Somehow I expect the answer to come down to dollars and cents, and it being cheaper to use a pin.

Crap........I just looked at my Century Yugo underfolder, and it uses the same bogus cross-pin setup on that rifle too.

 

[Whats-his-name]

If it helps, the M72 LMG I have (deactivated) has a loose piston screwed into the bolt carrier which is pinned. The pin has been ground down smooth to the bolt carrier. These came straight from 'Yugoslavia'.

Cheers.

 

[KBintheSLC]

I'm guessing that the monkeys at Century replaced the piston with a U.S. made part for 922r compliance, and did a crap job of it.

I am not surprised. My Century Yugo Underfolder had a crappy, makeshift disconnecter in the FCG that broke after about 300 rounds. I would recommend you contact Century, and maybe send the bolt carrier and bolt back to them to fix/replace. They replaced my faulty part pretty fast.

 

[nalioth]

No difference in the attachment.

They all attach with a rivet through the bolt carrier. If you look REALLY REALLY hard at the ends of your other bolt carrier(s), you can see where they polished the heads of the rivets.

The monkeys at century just didn't do a 'nice' job when they added a US piston to your Yugo.

I would recommend you contact Century, and maybe send the bolt carrier and bolt back to them to fix/replace.

. . . or you could just whack the rivet back in it, and hit the ends with a tig

or

pull your offensive rivet, visit your hardware store and get a common nail that is skinny enough to fit in the hole left behind, and cut it about 1/8" longer than your bolt carrier and hammer it in yourself.

 

[trbon8r]

Thanks guys. I learned something today.

The rifle is still under warranty. I'll send the bolt carrier/piston back to the apes and make them fix it. Hopefully they will fix it properly. If not, it's a good thing my brother-in-law does welding/machining work.