Re: [RCSE] Blind Nut Stripped

[Tom Watson]

Heli-Coil it.  I had a similar problem with a moldie a few years back 
and this worked perfectly.  Make sure to work slowly and carefully and 
use cutting oil to minimize the possibility of breaking the blind nut loose.

Tom
Mark Williams wrote:
Help, the forward blind nut on my Eraser is stripped.  Don't know how that 
happened, I have been very careful when tightening the screws on the wing. 
My Shop Theory book tells me that an 8-36 SAE machine screw has a major 
diameter .010" larger than the diameter of the Metric screws that came with 
my Eraser.  Has anybody had a similar problem and found an easy solution?  I 
am thinking of tapping the blind nut to accept an 8-36 cap screw since the 
4.0 metric cap screw does not engage correctly.
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