Hi everyone, any help will be greatly appreciated..

Long story short, I recieved my ati handgaurd ( upper and lower) in the mail today and decided to put it on..

Anyway after some struggling and using pliers to put on the upper ( gastube ) handgaurd, I cannot push the gas tube lever back down all the way.. I used pliers and forced it down however this caused the tube to misalign and the tube to dislodge unevenly..

Does or can anyone help, did anyone ever have this problem ??

I used the pliers and made some marks into the metal, but was cognizant of this fact while using them and didnt want to apply to much pressure... Should I get a file and refile it down some ??

Again, any help is greatly appreciated..

Thanks..