Sticky Lagun Table

Interestingly, the Panther RV product description reads:

Lagun 06334 OEM Replacement Table Leg Handle

This is an OEM Replacement Plastic Handle in the event that your original handle becomes over-tightened and stuck in a locked position. It is designed to compress the table leg or arm, which features a channel, allowing it to tighten around the inserted bracket or leg. This secure compression ensures the table remains stable and does not move.

Handle Replacement Instructions:

• Use a rag to protect the arm/leg & secure in a vice or similar device.
• Using a hacksaw or a similar tool, use slow even strokes to cut the handle or bolt
• Tap out the old bolt
• Remove end caps (if applicable)
• Install a wooden block inside the end of the leg/arm.  Make sure the block is relatively tight, so the aluminum does not get compressed.  The block should be right next to the hole the bolt is going to be re-inserted into.
• This MUST be done so you do not cause the aluminum to become distorted, thereby ruining the function of the leg/arm.
• Install new bolt, washer and handle
• Loctite anti-seize for stainless steel may be applied
• Remove wooden block
• Install end caps (if applicable)

https://lagunusa.com/product/handle-kit-plastic/

$33.  Or buy the entire arm with two handles for $73.

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I purchased and returned 'normal' M8x1.25 thread carriage bolts and have to buy this expensive part instead..  The carriage bolts Lagun uses have a much larger square boss under the head than appears normal.  The square recess in the aluminum arm is creatively but poorly 'machined' by Lagun by drilling four holes rather than using a broaching tool.  For some this will lead to stripping out the bolt head.

All in all this is a disappointing product.  The threads appear to have galled and cannot be backed off.  The force needed instead spins the brass threaded insert around which the plastic handle is molded.