That's brilliant - thank you Dave.
I think work might have stopped. I decided to loosen the bolts while waiting for the schoolboy, and struggled with the spring retaining one. It took the tops off the thread (see pic), I've cleaned it up and the nut goes on and off ok now, but I'm not happy to just crack on. And Brookhouse aren't answering the phone - the spring retainers I bought didn't come with bolts/ nuts. Hmm...
Edit - Brookhouse are sending one with bolt and nyloc nut fitted first class. We've put the old spring retainer back on so we can refit the wheel and drop it down, and crack on with it over the weekend or as soon as it arrives. The rest have all loosened off fine, so hopefully no more hitches!