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Originally Posted by rbhtrail
Hello All, We all seem to be thinking of a solution w/o going through a lot of trouble of replacement. What are your thoughts of adjusting the nut enough to relieve the pressure on the bar and driving a metal wedge in between the the bar and the slotted adj. hole, then crank the adj. nut back and see if that change makes a difference in the tension. I'm just thinking out loud. What do you all think?
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Won't work (in most cases).
The adjusting screws attempt to vary the tilt of the angled bar ends, creating more or less torque within the bars. But when the bent portions have been pressed all the way up, hitting the top of the containing square box container, "adding a wedge" or using a longer bolt won't help: You can't drive the end through the body of the square.
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