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Re: Good News, Bad news

To: STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com,
Subject: Re: Good News, Bad news
From: Doug Mallory <rdmallory@earthling.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:29:36 -0500
Take the old studs to an autoparts house that has a Dorman draw of studs
and match them up with the correct thread RH. The first time some one
forgets and hits the shim stock one with a impact wrench your hosed..

Doug


STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com wrote:

>
>      O.K., so I finally got my backwards thread wheel studs out of my RF
>      hub this weekend.  They came out relatively easy, using just an
>      antique acme thread C-clamp.  So much for the good news.  Time for the
>      bad:
>
>      These backwards studs were non the same brand, so the PO had to open
>      up the holes in the hub just a few thousandths.  The proper studs now
>      can wiggle around a bit in the holes.
>
>      I'm thinking of using some 0.002" shim stock to fill up the gap,
>      restoring the press fit.
>
>      Does this sound like a reasonable solution?
>
>      Stu


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