Hi Don, Concerning those bolts you just removed, if they look like the one on the left in the attached picture, I removed those some years ago and replaced them with new hardware. I think it was Lee at Skyport that sent me new replacement bolts which now had a more user friendly hex head. You might check with them, it might make the job a little easier.
For what it's worth, though not magic, Corrosion X has helped me a time or two to loosen stuff up. While on the subject, I think someone asked a while ago how we compress the stack when servicing the main struts. If you don't have access to the more civilized techniques suggested, the tool on the right side of the attached pic is what I built and use to remove and replace the donuts. Cheers, Bill Don said: if I can figure out just how to put the bolt back in the upper end and how to get the nut started after that.
