Originally Posted by
Richard500
If the OP means by ‘bottomed out’ that the nut is at the end of the threaded portion, then washers are definitely the solution.
If ‘bottomed out’ means that there’s more thread but the nut becomes resistant to tightening, and the neck can’t deflect at all, then the rod is either positioned too high or is locked in its groove (by glue or corrosion, say). Adrian’s use of threaded rod, IMHO, could invite the second problem, but only if he was sloppy with glue, which I sincerely doubt.
If I suspected a ‘stuck’ rod, I’d probably lock two nuts together so the rod could be torqued in both directions to loosen it. Bit by bit.
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