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    Centurion arms free float handguard

    How tight should I torque the one on my Colt trooper?
    I need to realign it because it came crooked from the factory.

    The only instructions I could find was some pdf that said as tight as possible by hand, which I do not feel comfortable with at all.

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    25 inch pounds should do it. Some folks use a dab of blue locker, some screws have it embedded to the screws, some use clear (or any color) fingernail polish, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bamashooter View Post
    25 inch pounds should do it. Some folks use a dab of blue locker, some screws have it embedded to the screws, some use clear (or any color) fingernail polish, etc.
    Thank you. My biggest concern was over torquing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5.56 Bonded SP View Post
    Thank you. My biggest concern was over torquing.
    I recently purchased a new Colt LE6960-Combat Unit Carbine. The Centurion Arms CMR MLOK rail that came factory installed was misaligned with the upper receiver. I contacted Centurion Arms directly (I heard horror stories of Colts 2-3 month warranty turn around times). Corrie LeClair at Centurion issued an RMA and had me send my upper to Centurion. After inspection, not only was my upper/rail misaligned but was over torqued so badly that it warped the CMR rail. Centurion Arms replaced the entire rail and installed it properly free of charge!

    Centurion Arms has the best customer service in the industry...….In my opinion, even better than Daniel Defense.
    Last edited by 11Bravo20; 07-15-18 at 15:23.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 11Bravo20 View Post
    I recently purchased a new Colt LE6960-Combat Unit Carbine. The Centurion Arms CMR MLOK rail that came factory installed was misaligned with the upper receiver. I contacted Centurion Arms directly (I heard horror stories of Colts 2-3 month warranty turn around times). Corrie LeClair at Centurion issued an RMA and had me send my upper to Centurion. After inspection, not only was my upper misaligned but was over torqued so badly that it warped the CMR rail. Centurion Arms replaced the entire rail and installed it properly free of charge!
    This is a conversation I had with Monty. The assemblers at Colt over over-torquing the CMR rails on the Trooper and CCU.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sig1473 View Post
    This is a conversation I had with Monty. The assemblers at Colt over over-torquing the CMR rails on the Trooper and CCU.
    The problem seems to be quite common on the LE6920-R and LE6960-CCU.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 11Bravo20 View Post
    I recently purchased a new Colt LE6960-Combat Unit Carbine. The Centurion Arms CMR MLOK rail that came factory installed was misaligned with the upper receiver. I contacted Centurion Arms directly (I heard horror stories of Colts 2-3 month warranty turn around times). Corrie LeClair at Centurion issued an RMA and had me send my upper to Centurion. After inspection, not only was my upper/rail misaligned but was over torqued so badly that it warped the CMR rail. Centurion Arms replaced the entire rail and installed it properly free of charge!

    Centurion Arms has the best customer service in the industry...….In my opinion, even better than Daniel Defense.
    You lay down with dogs you wake up with flees, great to hear Monty took care of you. Very cool.

    PB
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pappabear View Post
    You lay down with dogs you wake up with flees, great to hear Monty took care of you. Very cool.

    PB
    Not sure if you are insinuating that Colt is a dog of a company by that statemen or not......I carried a Colt while serving as an Infantry soldier and they are a great company. I also own 2 Daniel Defense DDM4's a Colt 6940, LE6920 along with my LE6960-CCU. My first Daniel Defense DDM4 V11 had to go back to the factory for a serious issue. Shit happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 11Bravo20 View Post
    Centurion Arms has the best customer service in the industry...….In my opinion, even better than Daniel Defense.

    No doubt about it, they are awesome people.
    Stick


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