With the leg sections in place and flush to each other, use the 1/8” T-wrench to
fasten them together with the 1/4”-20x3/4” socket head screws (see Photo 53).
Torque these screws until you can rotate the handle of the T-wrench 1/8 of a
rotation without further turning the screw. It is important to do this now because
these fasteners will be inaccessible once the bolt plates are reattached to the
vertical leg subassembly. If you were removing a leg section and just reattached
the rest of the leg assembly, the assembly should now be ready for the bolt plates
to be reattached and can be carefully laid back down in your work area. If you
were adding a leg segment, reattach the rest of the leg assembly on top of the new
segment in the same way you just attached the new segment. Make sure to keep
the vertical leg subassembly upright to provide the necessary compression and to
keep the two sections flush to each other. Once the leg is reassembled, carefully
lay it back down in your work area so the bolt plates can be reattached.
Photo 53
Place all the necessary modular bolt plate sections in the channel in the leg so
that the seams between the bolt plates line up with the seams between the leg
sections. Loosely thread in the #10-24x3/4” fasteners using the 1/8” T-wrench to
hold the bolt plate sections in place, but do not torque them down yet. Proper use
of the provided shims and VXR modular bolt plate assembly jigs as described in
this manual is necessary to ensure the bolt plate sections line up perfectly. Select
one bolt plate section that you did not remove during this process and place one
.01” metal shim on either side straddling the seams at either end of the plate. Also
rest the bolt plate assembly jigs in the keyway channel at both seams and secure
them by loosely threading the accompanying 1/4”-20x3/4” screws through the
four holes in each jig and into the modular bolt plate sections (see Photo 54). If
you removed all of the bolt plate sections as part of this process, begin this
reassembly at either the top or bottom of the vertical leg subassembly. If you
begin at the top or bottom of the assembly, also place a .01” metal shim at the
very end of the bolt plate channel (also shown in Photo 54).