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Offline tallpaul

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #40 on: May 21, 2020, 18:50:59 »
I get the feeling that will need drilling out. With a threaded sleeve on the plate it doesn't give much room for tapping it out. A good pillar drill with a bolted down vice is what you need. Failing that, grind off the threaded insert and have a nut welded to the plate instead.
Old enough to know better, but still too young to care...

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #41 on: May 21, 2020, 19:42:27 »
Thanks all, TLP you have a PM awaiting

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #42 on: May 22, 2020, 00:03:42 »
A new replacement bracket is £51 which is a bit steep for a bit of pressed steel but not the end of the world.

I would have given up after 10-15 mins of attempting to extract the remaining section.
Got the grinder out and welded on a new nut.
Even my shitty welding skills are capable of a couple of tack welds with an arc welder.

(The mrs only recently told me she learnt to weld in year 9 D&T.
They didn't let us near anything like that in my school- the teachers knew us too well.  lol
That may be why she's got a degree and a career and I'm the thick one running a shop and setting peoples garden furniture on fire  :shrug: )



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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #43 on: May 22, 2020, 00:52:17 »
 lol
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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #44 on: May 22, 2020, 12:28:24 »
Sorted. I simply welded on a flange nut and it came straight out.
To be happy, I don't need private helicopters,a Florida house or a yacht. I'm fine with my motorcycle,a trip to a forest in Bavaria and some lunch money.

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #45 on: May 22, 2020, 12:37:24 »
Fantastic! Not having either a flange nut or welding equipment that would have taken me ages...

You're a true gent TLP!

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #46 on: May 22, 2020, 12:54:21 »
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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #47 on: May 22, 2020, 15:15:50 »
 :clap:  :bow-blue:
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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #48 on: May 22, 2020, 15:25:26 »
Nice one  :thumb:

What was the problem then? Rust? Dodgy bolt?

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #49 on: May 22, 2020, 16:02:19 »
No corrosion at all, not even a speck of rust anywhere. I suspect the bolt had been seriously over tightened at some point, either pulling the female threads too close together or galling them.
To be happy, I don't need private helicopters,a Florida house or a yacht. I'm fine with my motorcycle,a trip to a forest in Bavaria and some lunch money.

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #50 on: May 22, 2020, 16:07:42 »
well done mr power, I'll keep u in mind next time I make a balls of something  :whistle:


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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #51 on: May 22, 2020, 19:51:15 »
TLPOWER!!!  What a star!  :bow-blue: :bow-blue: :bow-blue:
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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #52 on: May 22, 2020, 21:01:25 »
TLP well done mate  :clap: :clap:

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #53 on: May 22, 2020, 21:20:26 »
Nice work TL ..  :thumb:
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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #54 on: May 22, 2020, 21:37:25 »
That's enough, now. Don't encourage him. Back on community service tomorrow.

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Re: Another DIY disaster
« Reply #55 on: May 23, 2020, 06:00:10 »
True dat. :roll:
To be happy, I don't need private helicopters,a Florida house or a yacht. I'm fine with my motorcycle,a trip to a forest in Bavaria and some lunch money.

Walter Rohrl.