One thing I've learned is to tighten up those screws slowly and carefully, alternating screws as you get close to fully tight. Like in a cross pattern...Don't just put your battery screw driver on one and run it in till the torque clutch lets it rattle...... I use epoxy to repair stuff like those tabs, but it is beyond a vanagon list post to pass on exactly how to best do that properly in every case....I prefer WEST epoxy for almost every task....with various additives and the correct hardner you can do about anything with it, and it's the best epoxy I have found for consistent dependability. Expensive compared to some other stuff...but mine lasts forever, it seems. Don Hanson On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Jon Durham <jon_durham@knology.net> wrote: > Is there a way to strengthening the instrument mounts to prevent breaking? > -- > “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is > everything. What we think, we become.” Buddha > |
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