Technique doesn't matter if the end result is the same. You have a headset system you're able to adjust correctly -- free movement and no play -- so what's the problem?
I do the job differently, tightening until play is gone, then checking for free movement, but that doesn't matter.
If plug slippage prevents your from the over-tighten and back off system from working, either increase plug traction, or adapt.
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