How does one tighten a muzzle brake without flat sides for a wrench?
This is the one specifically. Do you just stick a screwdriver in one of the holes and crank it down?
Posted Feb 15, 2018, 8:27 PM UTC
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Screwdriver, rod, anything. Your brake won't care.
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I think a jam nut is made for this task
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Is it? Not being sarcastic I just thought a jam nut was kind of like a spacer. Is it threaded?
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From what I understand, yes it’s a threaded nut you slip on before the brake. Spin it all the way back to the barrel shoulder. Thread on the brake and time it how you want, then reverse the nut back to make contact and torque it against the brake directly. The two should keep each other in place
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Take a washcloth and wrap it around the break and use a pair of channel locks or other big pliers and turn
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Strap wrench? I have a small one that would work on here. Also stick something like a screwdriver in l, wrap it in cloth or something to avoid scratches and should be fine.
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Fixed it thanks.
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If you decide to go the screw driver route, I would suggest wrapping it in something like electrical tape so it isn't metal on metal.
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This is what I was thinking too
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Stick a screwdriver through the ports and use that to torque it on. That's what I had to do with a birdcage that didn't have flats.
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Didn't bend it? That's what I'm worried about.
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Get an oak dowel from your local hardware superstore.
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Nah. The brake is made from a chunk of steel. It'll be fine.
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It wont. It's fairly thick steel.
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well the brake I got for $8 off ebay that looks identical to that one I tightened down using an alen wrench through the ports
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Strap wrench.
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Sure, I've done it.