Steering Column Bolts, How to loosen ? Options

[jim_hoyland]

There are 4 Allen Head bolts holding the steering column to the frame above.
I need to loosen those bolts to lower steering column an inch; reason is the tach in my Getty dash won’t clear the steering column shroud.
So, I’m attempting to lower the column to get room so the tach can be pulled out.
But, the Allen head bolts are really tight; no arm strength was going to budge them. And,
I don’t want to ruin the Allen bolt heads
What is the solution to loosening those bolts ?

[SirAndy]

You don't need to lower the steering column.

You can simply remove the screws holding the face-plate to the Getty dash. I think there are 8? 6 on the face and 2 on the bottom? Don't remember exactly.
Once those are out, you can angle the face-plate and remove any of the gauges.

It helps to remove the steering wheel though to give you more room.
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