anybody ever take apart one of these? I'm trying to give one to a family with younger children, however the swing has some type of recessed hex nut that i don't recall seeing before and don't seem to have a tool for.
I can't find anything on line discussing this either.
anybody done this before? thx.
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Maybe you can invert the set and transfer it in a pickup truck without dismantling it.
I took my swing set apart with a hacksaw.
Maybe you can invert the set and transfer it in a pickup truck without dismantling it.
I took my swing set apart with a hacksaw.
Sometimes spraying the damn things with some WD-40 works wonders.
I agree.
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just a smooth round end of a nut. it could be there is a recessed hex section below the head but no way to get to that.
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A "few mm" is thick enough to get an open end wrench on. It went together, it can come apart.
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it's only a few mm thick, not meant to be addressed with a hex wrench.
A "few mm" is thick enough to get an open end wrench on. It went together, it can come apart.
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The problem with that is that the swing might not swing so well anymore.
It's bigger than the allen wrenches I have sitting around the house.
I didn't notice at first since the hex impression in the metal is very hard to see (it's subtle) and it looks like soft metal, but it does take a big hex wrench.
Everyone else: thanks for the help. if this doesn't work I'll resort to my usual tactic of sticking a vice grip on one end (which works even if there's not much to grab onto) and using whatever I need to on the other end. It always works, but can really mark up the surface by the vice grip.
thanks again.
My hat is off to you, jsboston. Good luck.
The nut is supposed to bite into the wood but if its turning try putting a couple screws against opposite flats of the but to hold it. That and wd-40
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it's only a few mm thick, not meant to be addressed with a hex wrench.
The nut is supposed to bite into the wood but if its turning try putting a couple screws against opposite flats of the but to hold it. That and wd-40
Nevermind I didn't realize you couldn't put a wrench on the bolt head.
That's some fucked up hardware. My kids swing set used regular bolts that were recessed. You could put a socket on it.
jsboston: did you break this thing down, yet? Or what?
The company website has user manuals for the products they currently sell, but not for a swing set as old as this one.
Some boys will be very happy later today.
Thanks again for the help. This is why BBI is the only site on the web that I visit every day.
No I meant you could put a socket on the one I had for my kids and took apart. Not that this helps the OP.
Jeez my typing sucked last night.