AR-15 – Staking Your Castle Nut Properly

short and to the point showing the process and how to for the DIY community! thanks so much

Spring loaded chisel is the totally wrong chisel for that. I see it's just bouncing.
Spring punch is to push on not hit my grandfather would have

All you’re doing is creating a burr so that you can rotate from shark I want to say similar to a lock washer I guess will call the cut in the middle the burr which causes grab which in theory is supposed to prevent backing off unscrewing coming loose however you desire to term it.. Call it in antirotation burr

I like the ratchet Castle nut end plate system

Thank you!

Ooof… Bad staking and doesn't know how to use an automatic center punch lol

looks like shit…

You never Hammer on a spring loaded punch

Thanks for the video. As an alternative, can a certain color of locktite be used? Are there certain color locktites that shed grip if one heats up the locktite for removal?

That's an automatic center punch. This guy is a fool.

stupid question, but what does staking mean exactly?

next time just chew the sugar ot of a piece of doublebubble then force a piece of it down insite the gap..it will dry and the casttle nut will never move again.

Thanks for tutorial!

Staking is not considered permanent. The damage caused by not using anti seize between steel and aluminum parts can be permanent.

I've broke an auto punch using it like that good bye $50

I never stake mine and never had problems.

Lol dude why are you using a hammer on that automatic punch like a goddamn ape

Is this genius hammering on a spring loaded punch?

This was probably the worst stake job I've ever seen 🤦🏻‍♂️

Lol this one’s spring loaded 😂

That dont looked staked to me. You literally have just an edge of end plate bend. You should have done the staking exactly on the middle of the end plate till as the whole gets wider it pushes more material in the caste nut and then work the angle few times to direct even more material in.

German tourqes work fine. Gut n tight

why are you using a spring punch with a hammer?

I can't get past the fact he was hammering an automatic punch! I love it!

you could also add a little 242 around the dimple after steaking for extra strength..

Does smithwesson stake their rifels like that….

Excellent description of the process. Thank you

then follow up with some aluminum black for the all my fellow safe queens.

I think castle nuts are torqued to 40 in lbs not 40 ft lbs

Why the hell would anyone want to dimple the castle nut . ?

I did it on my lap using a pin punch from my ak47. Came out perfect

Use a regular punch. Spring loaded center-punch’s weren’t designed to be hit with a hammer. Good information though.

why are 99% of the comments here so stupid wtf

Not needed

Thank you🇺🇸

Lol you're not supposed to hit that type of punch with a hammer….it's spring loaded to be used by hand without a hammer…. Geez…

Great video! Do you have any tips on a slight rattling butt stock on the buffer tube? I'm sort of OCD too. Got a factory Blackhawk stock that seems to rattle when shooting, tried shims inside the stock which seems to fix the problem but can't adjust the stock up and down the tube now!

It's been 7 years, did anyone tell you how to use an auto, oook, nevermind 😉

i thought i selected a video of staking a castle nut but instead (as a tool and die maker) i'm watching a video on how to wrongly use a spring loaded center punch.

Why dont all you smart asses make a video in that case. All shit talk but no game. Thank you for the video. I did exactly what you did and worked great!