ASAP and tightening castle nut

[gunnyscouts2]

I have installed several Magpul ASAP plates and have always had trouble tightening the castle nut as the wrenches dont seem to work. Is anyone having any luck with a differant technique?

[macnamara]

What problem are you having in particular?

I installed one on my LMT lower using a generic Castle Nut tool and had no problems.

[gunnyscouts2]

The rail on the ASAP always seems to be in the way of me getting all three of the teeth on the castle nut. I can get two teeth on it but never a third so the wrench slops off.

[macnamara]

Aah, I see where you're coming from.

I tightened mine using 2 of the 3 "teeth" until I could get all 3 teeth to engage to get me a good tighten.

My tool is just a TAPCO tool.

3 teeth engaged:



2 teeth engaged:

[Dos Cylindros]

Aah, I see where you're coming from.

I tightened mine using 2 of the 3 "teeth" until I could get all 3 teeth to engage to get me a good tighten.

My tool is just a TAPCO tool.

3 teeth engaged:



2 teeth engaged:

I have this same Tapco tool, and I took the ctting wheel to it until it cleared the loop. Worked great for the two I have installed.

[Iraqgunz]

I don't remember this issue at all.

[gunnyscouts2]

I found that my wrench is pretty thick. I found an old one that was flatter and ground it done. Works great. Thanks for the help guys.

[MarshallDodge]

I put one on a friends carbine and the only issue I was trying to figure out was how to stake it.