Thank you VERY much for the help guys, I really appreciate it. Well, I done gave up on that washer that came with the FH. I beat on it, attacked it with a razor, tried the old "tighten-loosen-tighten-loosen" method all to no avail. LOL!
Im back to using the regular crush washer and tried tightening it like you suggested Mike. OK, like this it seems that the closest to tight I can get it is 180 degrees off. This is a 5 hole Phantom FH. It didn't come with any type of instruction so I looked at the picture from the Bushmaster site and I am ASSUMING that the majority of the holes should be facing up with the widest "strap" or gap between the holes facing down. (Like the picture) I can ALMOST tighten it 180 degrees off from this setting.
Which brings up the obvious question....Is it supposed to be hole facing down?
Thanks again,
Edwin