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captain_john
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Post by captain_john »

Well, if you have ever had the pleasure of installing bolts into platenuts... especially the little 6/32 ones you know the difficulty involved in getting them to thread all the way home. You usually wind up stripping the head of the screw off if you are like me. I have heard some people doing crazy things like re-tapping them. Obviously you don't want to do that because the holding tension will not be there any longer.

My solution: Chuck a long stainless bolt into your drill. Lube it up with Boelube. Ascertain that it isn't cross-threaded and turn it in with the drill motor SLOWLY!

It is the way to do it! Then install the appropriate fasteners by hand.

Reallllly niiiice!

8) CJ
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Garmin G3X with VP-X & a TMX-IO-360 with G3i
It's all over but the flying! 800+ hours in only 3 years!

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