Re: [RCSE] Blind Nut Stripped

[Steve Meyer]

I had the same problem.  It looks like the blind nut is aluminum and the 
threads were slowly wearing away.  Through further investigation the 
supplied screw was only engaging about half the threads.  So I took the 
middle screw moved it to the front and purchased a 30mm to use in the 
middle.  All seems to look good for now.  I think a thread lubricant would 
be a good idea to help preserve the existing threads that are there.

Steve Meyer
SOAR
LSF IV

At 11:53 AM 5/8/2005, 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.
Mark

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