2008 Flight Control Tower, anyone know the nut size

[richman13]

I have a 2008 230 with the FCT, I want to try to tighten the tower, but not sure what size the nut is, it looks to be at least an inch. Also are the front nuts the same size ? It is looking like I have to remove the back of the front seats to get to them ?? any help would be appreciated thanks

[Miljack]

I have done the fronts, pretty sure they're the same size for the rear. I think they are 1-1/16" or 1-1/8". You will need to remove the bow seat backs to gain access to the nuts. Realize that there are two nuts per stud, one is a "lock" nut. In the front, access is very tight, I would recommend a "crows foot" type of socket wrench...

[richman13]

Thanks for the reply... I tighten it last week, the backs were 1 1/8, I'm not sure what the fronts were, I ended up using a crescent wrench since you can't use a socket because of the speaker wires running through the bolt The crows foot is a good ideal I didn't think of that, I'll try that next time. Thanks again