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14/5/2016 at 10:47pm
Location: West Yorkshire
Outfit: Bessacarr Cameo 625 2011
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You need to be careful here. Those dome headed bolts will have a square section under the head that stops the bolts rotating as the nut below is tightened. Now the nut won't be especially tight, since over tightening originally would have crushed the floor.
However, with age the nut can rust onto the bolt, and if the whole bolt starts turning, then life will get more difficult.
Being an older van may help here, as you may have plain nuts rather than the nyloc nuts now used. Spray plenty of WD 40 over the nut and exposed threads before you start, and wire brush the threads. By all means try a socket or ring spanner, but go easy! If you feel it crack, stop then re-tighten. Then undo a tiny bit more and re tighten. Proceed with this cycle, cleaning the threads as you go, to avoid the bolts turning. The technique is to wiggle the nut back and forth, as trying to wind it off in one go will almost certainly cause it to lock up, and then the bolt will rotate.
If a socket doesn't work, try some decent waterpump pliers - remember the nut shouldn't be especially tight, just locked by rust.
Choose the replacement leg carefully, there are different lengths...
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