Thanks Jim. I haven’t tried assembling again, but I think the issue is that you have to have the olive inside of the braided sheeth. So if it the sheeth slides down like mine, there’s nothing for the olive to tighten up against. I’m not 100% sure but we’ll see. The first fitting that I put together after cutting it with the shears tightened up as expected, but cutting with the cut off wheel makes it harder to separate but gives a cleaner cut.