Are these things supposed to be ridiculously hard to tighten down?
I have the following:
Chief CMA110 8-Inch Flat Ceiling Plate
Chief - Speed-Connect Adjustable Extension Column CMS012018
Chief RPMAU
I received the drop pipe today and decided to put it all together for a test run. I'm not a wimp and feel like I have a decent amount of hand strength but I found it ridiculously difficult to get the threaded sections to tighten down properly. The instructions say to go a minimum of four threads (which is right around where the non-painted thread ends and the painted threads begin on these parts) but it took a fairly ridiculous amount of force to get things tightened down anywhere near that and I had to break out the WD40 to get the pieces apart again.
Is this common for Chief? I understand the need to have it be strong but this was ridiculous. I can't imagine it needs to be this tight when you consider all the connections also have security screws. I'm not sure I want to give the ceiling plate to my home builder to install if it's going to be this much of a PITA to attach anything to it.
I have the following:
Chief CMA110 8-Inch Flat Ceiling Plate
Chief - Speed-Connect Adjustable Extension Column CMS012018
Chief RPMAU
I received the drop pipe today and decided to put it all together for a test run. I'm not a wimp and feel like I have a decent amount of hand strength but I found it ridiculously difficult to get the threaded sections to tighten down properly. The instructions say to go a minimum of four threads (which is right around where the non-painted thread ends and the painted threads begin on these parts) but it took a fairly ridiculous amount of force to get things tightened down anywhere near that and I had to break out the WD40 to get the pieces apart again.
Is this common for Chief? I understand the need to have it be strong but this was ridiculous. I can't imagine it needs to be this tight when you consider all the connections also have security screws. I'm not sure I want to give the ceiling plate to my home builder to install if it's going to be this much of a PITA to attach anything to it.