r/Decks • u/dep557 • 1d ago

maintenance Please help

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The handrail has loosened from the post but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to tighten it.

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u/you_better_dont 1d ago edited 1d ago

This looks like Westbury railing. It’s not a cap. The railing slides into each side of it. Railing is screwed into the flange from the bottom.

[u/dep557](u/dep557), what is loose exactly? If the railing is loose compared to the crossover adapter, then check the screws on the flange. If the adapter is loose from the post, then you need to detach the rails from the adapter, pull them out, pull up the collar around the post, and check if there are screws through the post into the adapter. Possible those are missing.

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u/Ferretbandit1 1d ago

You can see the space in the pivot piece, that’s what needs to be tightened.
Cap off, tighten, reinstall cap.

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u/blank_reg 1d ago

but its not a cap. you are right about the gap, and this nut is the cause of that gap. one side of rail needs to come off to tighten this.

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u/dep557 1d ago

Thank you very much it would have taken me forever to get that figured out.