[morini]

1. There is your problem right there M...."Read the instruction manual three times last night"......what self respecting man would do something so completely ridiculous?.....RTFM! (read the f*cking manual) is only advice to be shouted at others!

Normally I would agree with you and I generally dive in head first myself rather than read the tedious manuals. However, I defy anyone to put one of these together without at least glancing through the instructions (unless of course they had put one up before). If you don't do the correct things in the correct order you end up having to take it half apart again to fix that single missing captive bolt which is needed later on. I confess I had to dismantle a good chunk as I did exactly that, twice, even after reading the plans 

Spent today maximising the space and moving a fair amount of crap from the garage into it. This new one is a good size compared to the old one so the garage is already looking a lot better. Tomorrow's task is sweeping out and reorganising what's still in garage so I can get myself some working space. Also need to dismantle and get rid of the multigym thing.