Originally posted by: jjsole
Sounds like the amount of force needed was roughly equal to what I used to get the same hinges on one of mine LOOSENED.
I had to loosen them some too (thought I tightened the outermost L/R swivel too much), only to mount everything and find out it was too loose. It took almost the same amount to loosen; it just gave way faster.
But yeah, if you're buying and have a rather heavy monitor, make sure you tighten the two hinges nearest the panel pretty tight, almost so that you can't move it. It's easier when you've got a monitor on there for a little leverage.
Now that it's done, I'm liking it so far. And now that the monitor's off the desk, if I need more room, I can just push back the center speaker and my keyboard, and voila! More room, for say a book or some homework I need to work on.
If you can grab these for $26, I'd say go for it. I had to put some folded up sheets of paper between the grip on the back (my desk is a bit odd; it's about two inches thick at the edges underneath, but only for half of an inch deep) to make such that the clamp wasn't only clamping the table; it's now clamping on some table and some paper.
Oh, there's a few other things they included; namely, a way for you to mount it if you've got a hole in your desk (instead of mounting it on the side). They're calling it a "grommet" mount. *shrugs* Big thumb screws are included for attaching the monitor, as well as traditional need-a-Phillips-screwdriver screws. It's also possible to remove the middle arm (the one connected to the base) so if you don't need the length, you don't have to deal with it; but without it, you can't put your monitor far away from you (near the wall) and have it center, too, which I may want to do at some point.
Thanks OP!