The original post: /r/diy by /u/brainrotbro on 2024-11-11 17:01:53.

l had a number of basement stilts installed to deal with sagging floor in the center of a house. I have been tightening them over time in order to raise that part of the floor back up. The stilts are tightened via a large bolt on a threaded rod, which is part of the stilt. No part of the stilts can be removed-- so any wrench used to adjust the stilts must be with an open-end wrench (or something else able to placed around the stilt, i.e. not a permanently closed loop tool). The bolts on the stilts have become very difficult to adjust as I tighten them.

Is there a machine that can tighten these bolts slowly? Maybe something that attaches to the static part of of the stilt as a counterbalance? Or a stationary machine that uses itself as a counterbalance? Or a machine that can attach to another stilt as a counterbalance? Maybe my thinking is in the wrong place, or too specific here. Essentially, I’m looking for mechanical assistance in tightening these bolts that doesn’t use body weight as the counterbalance.