mrm5102
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Jun 28, 2012, 1:39 PM
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Re: [jts1957] VIZIO LCD TV Mounting Bolts Stuck
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Hey jts1957, thanks again for the reply...
It's funny you said that cause last night I figured I would have to cut the head of the bolt off because I tried removing
the backpanel of the TV to possibly see if I could see what was going on. So I got all the screws out and was able to
peek inside and my suspicions were correct. It seems that the little metal "sleeve" looking thing that it screws into had
come completely off of the little bracket it was attached to and wasn't able to keep it from spinning in order to unscrew the bolt.
As well as it keeping me from completely removing the backpanel.
So after nervously/cautiously cutting off the bolt I was able to remove the backpanel completely. And I could see that the
bolt was going into the "sleeve" on a bit of an angle. And I wasn't able to remove the bolt from it because the "sleeve" was
very smooth and could not keep it from spinning with the bolt because I couldn't get a good grip on it.
So what I thought about doing now that I know I can't reuse this "sleeve" (BTW, does the "sleeve" have an official name?) was
to use a nut and a washer on the the other side of this square shaped bracket thing that it was attached to, and screw the bolt through
the hole in the bracket and into the nut. I figured it is basically the same thing...
I wanted to post a picture of the bracket thing that's attached to the back of the TV, inside the backpanel, but I can't attach any pictures
with my post here. And I'm sure you probably know what I'm talking about any way...
What I think I'm going to do, since I can't exactly hold the nut in place on the other side of the bracket and be able to close up the backpanel,
is to attach the nut to the opposite side of the bracket using Super Glue and hopefully it can hold just long enough till I can get the bolt
slightly tightened, in which then it will be able to be tightened without needing to hold onto the bolt to keep it from spinning.
I'm going to try to attach the nut today and let the Glue settle overnight and give it a try tomorrow. I'm going away on vacation for about a week starting
Saturday so I won't try to actually mount the thing till I get back next weekend, cause I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving the thing unattended for a week.
Thanks for your suggestions with this jts1957, I appreciate your help.
Thanks Again,
Matt
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