Loosening the nuts underneath the deck lip (shroud pins, etc

Dumb question, but what tool(s) do you use to loosen and tighten the nuts underneath the deck lip (crossbar nuts and shroud anchor pin nuts)? Obviously you can use a socket or box-end wrench on the top-side crossbar bolts, but I don't believe a socket would fit underneath. I'd hate like hell stripping one of the nuts.

Shroud anchor pins are in a metal rail they can't turn. For the other a thin wall deep well works good. Use a 6 sided instead of the 12 sided ones.

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I either clamp a pair of vice grips to the nut to keep it from spinning or I wedge a large flat-blade screwdriver between the side of the nut and the anchor plate flange. For the anchor pins, I pass a smaller screwdriver through the hole in the anchor pin (topside) and use that to torque the pin down. For the X-bar bolts, I use a ratchet wrench.

I always use loctite when re-installing, even if the nuts are self-locking - cheap insurance. Technically, a nylock nut should only be used one time and then discarded.

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Thanks guys.