Good time to overbore, fill with epoxy, re-drill and re-install with new
fasteners. :)
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
>________________________________
> From: Sébastien Lemieux <s.lemi...@umontreal.ca>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:45 AM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Cabin handrails
>
>
>Hi Allen,
>
>
> I did this myself last year and had a few surprises along the way. First,
>the nuts were rather thin and mounted with not too wide washers, a light flare
>on my socket prevented the socket to properly grab the nut... I had to use
>pliers from below to keep the nut in place and drill the teck plugs from the
>handrail and use a screwdriver from the top. Trying to turn the nut using the
>pliers would simply result in the screw turning freely.
>
>
> When putting the handrail back I reused the same hardware (silly me!). I
>then discovered that the screws had all been cut to custom lengths but not
>properly filled. I had to test different screws in different positions and
>had a hard time getting the nuts to grab the threads that had been damaged by
>the cut... All this trying to cope with 4200 oozing from the screw.
>
>
> Next time, I would do a complete dry-assembly before putting any 4200. I
>would probably favour using butyl tape. I would change all the hardware,
>making sure the nuts could be conveniently removed. I would explore embedding
>square head screws in the hand rails and permanently seal the top of the
>screws, that would allow me to do all refinishing in my basement over the
>winter.
>
>
>cheers,
>
>Sébastien Lemieux
>Merlot X - C&C 30 mk2 1987
>Mooney Bay - Lake Champlain
>
>
>On Nov 21, 2012, at 8:17, allen wrote:
>
>Another question. I am going to remove the cabin handrails to refinish and
>rebed them. When I pop off the cabin headliner access coverlets ( they're big
>enough to admit a socket on an extension) I can see I'll need a deep well
>socket to unscrew the nuts. What size deep well socket is required?
>
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