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Posted: 6/22/2012 11:44:15 PM EDT
The castle nut is peened on my LMT. If I unscrew it to replace the floorplate with a single-point sling adapter mount, do I need to get a new castle nut?
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Posted: 6/22/2012 11:54:19 PM EDT
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Castle nut should have metal peened from the end plate, pushed into castle nut slots to keep the castle nut from turning.
The end plate or sling mount will be peened again upon install, castle nut is good for reuse. |
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Posted: 6/22/2012 11:54:51 PM EDT
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Are you sure that the plate isn't the piece that is staked and not the castle nut? If it is the castle nut, is it staked in one spot or in all of them? If it's just one spot, just re-stake it.
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Posted: 6/24/2012 6:32:10 PM EDT
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The Castle nut is peened at 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock to the endplate. I think I'm going to get the ASAP sling mount from Magpul and just undo the catle nut, peening be damned.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 9:55:37 AM EDT
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Castle nuts aren't expensive, pick an extra up just in case. Make sure you use a GOOD wrench, not one of those cheap spanner styles (one pin). Use the three pin wrench, you won't regret it.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 11:20:53 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By TNRonin:
Castle nuts aren't expensive, pick an extra up just in case. Make sure you use a GOOD wrench, not one of those cheap spanner styles (one pin). Use the three pin wrench, you won't regret it. 4 pin is better if you are going to use it a lot. I don't regret spending the money on this Brownells wrench after doing about 10 lowers so far. |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 11:30:28 PM EDT
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Nice, I've done about 50 changes with the three pin with no issues, and still using it. The 4 pin is nice though. The 3 pin wrench can be got at JT for $12 or so. FWIW.
Originally Posted By jlficken: Originally Posted By TNRonin: Castle nuts aren't expensive, pick an extra up just in case. Make sure you use a GOOD wrench, not one of those cheap spanner styles (one pin). Use the three pin wrench, you won't regret it. 4 pin is better if you are going to use it a lot. I don't regret spending the money on this Brownells wrench after doing about 10 lowers so far. |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 8:03:52 AM EDT
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I've tried several of the "one handed" wrenches and this one beats them all. It's money well spent!
http://hammerheadrifletool.com/HammerHead_Rifle_Tool/Steel.html |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 10:07:58 AM EDT
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