manfrotto 055xprob legs problems , please can you help me?

Hi

i bought 2 weeks ago a manfrotto 055xprob but i have a problem
the legs

they are really too soft to spread and often they don't keep expanded
so i always have to keep spreading the legs

now there is a bolt, screw (i added a red arrow to let you understand , my english is poor) , but it's very hard to move

i mean i tried to loosen or clasp , turn it in clockwise and counterclockwise
but i can move it

i went back to the store and i found the other are just like mine

did you have the same problem ?
how did you fix it?
i would appreciate a lot you help

cheers

thanks


in the past i had opposite issue

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I have a simmilar tripod but i dont have any issues with it.

The screws you point too i guess determine the tightness off the legs, by clamping all 3 together, you say you have tightened this?

Supposed to use an allen wrench to tighten / loosen that screw. You can adjust it to how you like it..hope this helps.

I have a Manfrotto 190XPROB, and it is anything but "soft" to open. Like the other posters have said, this screw sets the tension on the legs. I hope perhaps you are not leaning on your tripod, they are not meant to hold that much weight.

that's some serious surgery going on, i like.

Did you give that tripod any anesthesia before doing that chop job?

Vixen89 wrote in post #13145428
that's some serious surgery going on, i like.

rick_reno wrote in post #13145463
Did you give that tripod any anesthesia before doing that chop job?

I like helping people if i can, plus it meant taking something apart and seeing exactly how it works and getting it back together. Works fine again im happy to report and will make a full recovery

dexy101 wrote in post #13145498
I like helping people if i can, plus it meant taking something apart and seeing exactly how it works and getting it back together. Works fine again im happy to report and will make a full recovery

that sounds great! I hope you'll be my tripod's next doctor when it gets into an accident..

Vixen89 wrote in post #13145851
that sounds great! I hope you'll be my tripod's next doctor when it gets into an accident..

No problem, im only too happy to help, until i cant re-assemble

dexy101 wrote in post #13145905
No problem, im only too happy to help, until i cant re-assemble

thanks a lot
where did you find the information to dismount

this is the second 055xprob

i bought one 2 month ago a 055xprob and i did strip one bolt , one leg is gone
i did strip one bolt because they are so hard to move

my second 055xprob has the same issue , the bolts are very hard to move
the legs spread too easy , i want them more hard to spread to close
but i don't want to strip some bolts again

my problem is how can i soften these bolts to tighten them ?
avoid to throw another new tripod...

mantra wrote in post #13149224
thanks a lot
where did you find the information to dismount

this is the second 055xprob

i bought one 2 month ago a 055xprob and i did strip one bolt , one leg is gone
i did strip one bolt because they are so hard to move

my second 055xprob has the same issue , the bolts are very hard to move
the legs spread too easy , i want them more hard to spread to close
but i don't want to strip some bolts again

my problem is how can i soften these bolts to tighten them ?
avoid to throw another new tripod...

do you have an allen wrench you can use?

Vixen89 wrote in post #13151948
do you have an allen wrench you can use?

yes i do

but the bolt seems immovable, fixed in place