Atlas Bipod newb

[Zuul]

So I just got my Atlas in the mail from Triad Tactical (great company to deal with!). Like a kid on Christmas morning I tore open the package and propped it open under my AICS stock (Note to people with an AICS Spigot thinking about getting an Atlas, buy the BT10NC, not the BT10, or you'll have to purchase the rail adapter to make it work, I didn't do enough homework before purchasing). I go to turn the adjustment knob and it wont move, I work up my strength like I'm opening a jar of pickles and the knob won't budge. "Hmm, maybe a little manipulation will break it loose", so I wrap the heck out of it with masking tape and try and carefully loosen it with a pair of channel locks. It still was locked up tighter then a set of lug nuts that just came out of Lex Broadies. I ended up popping the cap off the bottom and loosening the nuts. There where four small washers under the smaller nut, with everything slacked out I can only get two of the washers in (thickest one, and one lock washer) to have decent thread engagement to hold the adjustment knob on. Do I risk the knob working itself loose and having to search through the dirt/grass at the shooting range, or will it be ok with half of the washers taken out? Thanks!!

 

[Temp9]

I have an Atlas that came very tight, as well. As it turns out, there should only be three washers under the small nut (normal washer, two bent washers). Mine came with four: a normal washer and three bent washers. After removing one excess bent washer, it works properly.

To reassemble, first completely tighten your large nut. This nut is what the knob spins to adjust the tension. Set it to its max tension to begin with. Then install the knob, followed by the thick washer, followed by two bent lock washers oriented like this (). Follow this with the small nut. Then tighten the small nut only until there is no play in the knob (again, make sure the knob is at full tension when you do this). If you adjust the small nut when the knob is at low tension, it will get rattly at high tension. This setting should allow the full range of adjustment from fairly loose to pretty tight. FYI, I put a dab of blue Loctite under the small nut, but do this only once you figure out how to get the bipod assembled properly and tested the bipod for proper tension across the entire adjustment range. DO NOT Loctite the big nut; this nut has to be able to move.

Do this at your own risk. I can almost guarantee this "fix" is not Kasey-approved and will void your warranty. The best idea is to send the bipod back to Kasey for inspection, but since you already pulled apart your bipod.... For anyone else that might be thinking of disassembling their Atlas, I would recommend against it.

 

[Zuul]

Thanks for the info! I got it working, it doesn't take Hulk power to move the tension knob now.

 

[shovelstrokeed]

I had the same problem when I first got mine. Knob wouldn't move. Then I mounted it on the gun, spread the legs out and the problem went away. Could move the knob easily but still enough tension to easily adjust as well as sufficient tension on the gun to maintain my desired 0 cant.