AR15 BAR Barrel Nut Installation
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John DuvallAR15 BAR Barrel Nut Installation
Uploaded by
John DuvallAR15 BAR Barrel Nut Installation
The AR15 BAR Barrel Nut is used to connect our Enhanced and Quantum style handguards to standard
threaded upper receivers. It is machined from Billet 7075-T6 aluminum and can be mounted to your AR15
upper receiver using an adjustable torque wrench with a standard AR15 armorer’s wrench.
This product comes with 4 shims to properly time the gas tube with the upper receiver.
Please Note: All Aero Precision Handguards use this interface. If you intend to connect an Aero Precision
Handguard to a standard threaded upper receiver, you will need this barrel nut. If you have our
M4E1 Enhanced Upper Receiver, you do not need this barrel nut as the rail mounting
platform are forged directly on to the upper receiver itself. *Recommended torgue 30-45 ft. lbs.
Torqueing BAR Barrel Nut over 45 ft. lbs. can result in damage to your barrel nut.
Tools/supplies needed: AR15 armorers wrench, Torque wrench with a 1/2” drive and anti-seize grease.
Step 1 Step 2
Apply some anti seize grease to the threads of your Insert your barrel into your upper receiver.
upper receiver.
Step 3
Set torque to 30 ft. lbs and attach torque wrench
to your armorer’s wrench.
Step 4 Step 5
Repeat 3x
Torque the barrel nut onto your receiver. Remove the Check your alignment. The hole needs to be in the
barrel nut and re-torque to 30 ft. lbs. Repeat three times. 12’ oclock position to allow the gas tube to pass through.
Repeating the process conditions/breaks-in your threads.
Step
Step 62: Use the gauge to determine the proper Step 3: T
number of shims to correctly align the holes. c
In the above example four .002" shims would d
be ideal. However, if you only had .003" shims,
use two and add torque to align the holes,
if three were used, the holes would align at
less than 30 lb-ft.
Step 7 Step 8
Remove your BAR Barrel Nut and add the appropriate Torque the barrel nut onto your receiver.
number of shims. Using 30-45ft lbs you should be able to time
your barrel nut correctly.
Step 9 Step 10
Insert your gas tube and tighten your gas block Install your handguard and you are now done.