timing MOE stock install question

[karlglen101]

Good morning. I've installed a few different stocks in the past, but have never had this much difficulty. When I torque the castle nut down, it keeps taking the tube with it a few degrees past center no matter how hard I try to keep it centered. This stock, castle nut, tube, and end plate were previously installed on a DD I have. I have the end plate clocked to the furthest revolution that it can be. I'm using the original staking mark on the nut for reference, and I keep going just slightly past it when I torque it down. When I line them up (stake mark) it's just a bit too loose. When looking from the back of the stock, I turn the tube counter-clocwise a few degrees past the zero point. I then finger tighten the nut as tight as I can get it, while holding the tube, before using the wrench to give it the final torque. After final torque it's always a few degrees past 12 o'clock center.
Any tips to this?

[markm]

I've had this happen a few times over the years. I've always just fought it into the best position possible.

[Ouroborous]

If I'm tracking here, you're not gonna be able to "time" the castle nut to the original stake marks. You're gonna need to re-stake the end plate to wherever the castle nut ends up.

[karlglen101]

If I'm tracking here, you're not gonna be able to "time" the castle nut to the original stake marks. You're gonna need to re-stake the end plate to wherever the castle nut ends up.

Thanks guys. That's kind of what I thought. I wasn't trying to re-time to the existing marks, but figured I'd see where it ended up with them after already fighting it to keep it tight and in place with my torque down. I know that ultimately the margin of error resides in how much give (side to side) that the end plate allows. Perhaps my stock was always off by a little in the first place and I just never noticed it when it was originally installed. I'm just being a perfectionist about it I guess.

[Onyx Z]

You just have to fight it when tightening down the castle nut. FWIW, since I put the A5 system on all of my guns, I haven't had this problem. I'm not sure if it's tighter tolerances on A5 tube or the Noveske end plate.