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DS1
Undo one end of the V brace. If the bolt inside the beam turns, get your wife or a kid with skinny arms to reach inside with an open end 1/2" wrench.
Date: 04/04/2010
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DS2
Turn the top nut as far up,(towards the ball) as you can. Don't force it, you'll wreck the threads. Cut rod between nut & crossbeam. It is very easy with an angle grinder & cutoff wheel, use a hacksaw if you have to. Stainless 304 is not much hard
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1377
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DS3
The bent stick is better than a screwdriver, as it won't fall out.
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1571
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DS4
This is why you undid one end of the V brace. The compression tube inside makes for a small tolerance. You cannot line up the new DS with the brace in place.
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1214
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DS5
With one end of V brace undone, new DS goes in easily.
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1526
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DS6
It is now easy to line up the internal compression tube as you insert DS. Note how much extra time it will take if you drop the compression tube. No ones arms are long enough to maneuver the tube taped to a stick while looking in the hole.
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1214
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DS7
At least one bolt will probably turn while securing the V brace. Find a kid or obliging girlfriend whose arm will fit inside the beam.
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1237
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DS8
Preload the beam. Find the specs & use a mason string stretched from end to end, or do as MUMMP suggested to me. "Turn the bottom nut up til it contacts the beam, then turn it up another 3/8 inch". His method is way faster, so simple a cav
Date: 04/04/2010
Views: 1467
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