At 02:49 5/24/2000, Jimmy Sanby wrote: >the hex shaft that the nut was on was pulling out of the plastic housing. >The more you tightened the nut, the more it pulled out! I knocked it back >in and drilled a 3 mm hole through the plastic ensuring that I caught the >hex shaft and put metal pin in the hole. Yes. That's the standard problem, and the standard cure. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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