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Re: [TowerTalk] HAM IV Service Manual

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HAM IV Service Manual
From: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Reply-to: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:03:44 +0000
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Julio Peralta wrote:
>A machine shop should be able to drill out the broken bolts and re-tap
>the holes for new bolts. The new bolts may have to be the next size up
>but that shouldn't be a problem. That's what I did when I had a similar
>problem with a TX-2 rotor.
>

If you drill and re-tap, replace the original bolts with threaded studs, 
and fix them in place with permanent thread-lock. Then use Nylok nuts, 
which can be removed much more easily if anything goes wrong in future.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
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