Grease on your barrel nut?

[SUPER X]

White lithium should work . It handles heat.

 

[HB of CJ]

Written Manual errors will abide. Our job here is to pass the good build techniques forward. Put another gentle way I for one would be very wary on buying a factory built AR15. I know what can go wrong. Also for general consideration I would never buy then employ a home built AR15. An 80% build? No No way.

Kinda like another Chevy small block build. Very fun but I will do it myself thank you. That is all the fun!

Edited extra .... I MIGHT buy a left hand Stag Arms Retro AR15 rifle, but then I would not be happy until I took it down completely and rebuilt it. No reflection on Stag Arms either way, it is just the way it is.

Just me.

 

[titsonritz]

I use ARP ultra torque assembly lube. You can tell me there is better assembly lube and I wont believe you.

No reason to ever torque a barrel nut to more than 40 lbf-ft anyway

Yeah man 40-50 is plenty.

From the horse's mouth...
DD barrel nut torque for precision build?

 

[Kruel J]

From the horse's mouth...
DD barrel nut torque for precision build?

Like I said.......

 

[wired]

From the horse's mouth...
DD barrel nut torque for precision build?

Daniel can put an exact number on their builds because Daniels handguards don't use a normal AR barrel nut. The government uses a range because of the way a normal barrel nut lines up with the gas tube. The tube acts as a positive lock on the nut so even 20 lb/ft of torque is enough and because of the pinned barrel it cannot actually unscrew.

 

[DirectDrive]

From the horse's mouth...
DD barrel nut torque for precision build?

That's fine for their proprietary barrel nut.
Does not apply to a normal build.

I like the idea of ARP torque lube.
That stuff was developed for engine rod bearing bolts and main bearing bolts.
Two areas of engine building that require precision torquing procedures.[/QUOTE]