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Date:         Wed, 4 Jul 2012 09:20:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: exh stud - drilling out is tough
Comments: To: Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Might be. Drilling went fine until about 1/4" in. Perhaps I did work harden the stud.

alistair

On 2012-07-04, at 8:13 AM, Jack Botts wrote:

> My guess would be that this stud had been improperly hardened. Perhaps it went thru the furnace more than once, and/or it fell off a conveyor, did not get annealed, and then was put in the bin with good studs. > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:06:47 -0700 >> From: albell@SHAW.CA >> Subject: exh stud - drilling out is tough >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> It is as if I have hit some harder steel.


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