Muzzle Brake/Flash Suppressor Installation

[Horty]

I bought a gun from someone who had installed an aftermarket muzzle brake/flash suppressor on it (YHM Birdcage). The brake is not screwing on properly and when at max tension the bottom of it (it has slits in 4/5 of it and the bottom is solid) is to the side. It has a washer with it and regardless of how I turn the washer (the sides of the washer are different, one is concave and the other is convex) or even if I remove it the brake won't line up properly with the orientation of the barrel/gun. How can I get this brake to properly align and be screwed on tight at the same time?

 

[Wildcat]

You may need to get a new crush washer or a new peel washer to get it properly clocked.

 

[jtischauser]

^^^ THIS^^^

 

[DoctorJJ]

If there's enough crush left in the crush washer you have, you might be able to get it to line up.

 

[Matt1911]

Spend the $5 for a new crush washer.

 

[DoctorJJ]

The crush washer you have may have never been "crushed" at all. That may be why it isn't indexed.