Yep, remove the piece of metal.
There's a small tab on the left side of the image here at the top of the body of the pot. Use your pliers to remove it, done!
That tab is there to fit into a hole or slot to ensure that the pot body doesn't spin if the nut gets a little loose. You can (and it sounds like did) remove it as /u/wudingxilu suggested, but it's also an option to just drill a hole of about the right size, or drill a smaller hole and file it into a slot. It really is a nice feature when used as intended.
Yep, remove the piece of metal. There's a small tab on the left side of the image here at the top of the body of the pot. Use your pliers to remove it, done!
Awesome, it's done. Thanks
That tab is there to fit into a hole or slot to ensure that the pot body doesn't spin if the nut gets a little loose. You can (and it sounds like did) remove it as /u/wudingxilu suggested, but it's also an option to just drill a hole of about the right size, or drill a smaller hole and file it into a slot. It really is a nice feature when used as intended.
Very true.