Thread: Wall mount question

If this is the first R&R, I'd have no issue using the same bolts and holes.

Originally Posted by vläd

If this is the first R&R, I'd have no issue using the same bolts and holes.

Same here especially if you have them in a stud. Just don't over tighten and strip them? Are your lags in a stud, concrete, brick, or drywall???

Originally Posted by Jason Whiddon

Right now, my wall bracket is held be 4 lag bolts, in two wooden (16") studs. I just tightened them to snug to hold up my current plasma.

You should be fine using the same holes. When u put the new brackets up tighten to snug, if they feel like they are gonna try to strip then I'd move them up or down and inch or so maybe two at most but if the new bracket snugs up I wouldn't worry about it, it should be fine.

Originally Posted by Jason Whiddon

Thats kinda what I was thinking. When I originally installed them I did not over tighten them. Just back them out slowly, then bolt the new bracket up to snug, then hang the new display.

Should be just fine.

When you tightend them in the first time, did you use a drill? I used a drill for mine, but then got a socket out and tightend them down the rest of the way, this way it avoided over tightening the bolts.

You're getting another tv?

Originally Posted by Jason Whiddon

When I put this one in, I did it all by hand with a ratchet/socket. That way when I felt it snug, I stopped.

You should be fine. If you're worried, you can fill the holes with wood putty, let dry, then retap them..

Why don't you sell me that old tv of yours for a few hundred bucks?

Shipping's gonna be a bear though!

Originally Posted by Jason Whiddon

Hows $1000 for a 64" plasma? Calibrated.

Wow, that's a great price. It's last years Sammy right?

Originally Posted by vläd

Shipping's gonna be a bear though!

lol.. Yea, most likely..