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We have numerous techniques and tools for working with gland and bush nuts. We have an extensive range of C-spanners, crowfoot wrenches, offset and flanged open spanners etc. We also make or own spanners from time to time, the more commonly used are slogging spanners like these that we cut and converted into open ended.
Finally, for very awkward access, we also get nuts made specially from s/steel with a castellated edge that can be tightened with an appropriate punch. They kinda look like this but without the chamfer at the outer edge.
In the last few years we've had more problems with the gland and bush bodies than the nuts, they don't make them very strong anymore and they tend to disintegrate too easily.
Finally, for very awkward access, we also get nuts made specially from s/steel with a castellated edge that can be tightened with an appropriate punch. They kinda look like this but without the chamfer at the outer edge.
In the last few years we've had more problems with the gland and bush bodies than the nuts, they don't make them very strong anymore and they tend to disintegrate too easily.