Another trick is to take your soldering iron and heat the head of the steel machine screw that you think may have epoxy in the threads - doesn't take a lot of heat to soften the epoxy enough to allow the screw to back out.
----- Original Message ----- From: "larry flesner" <fles...@midwest.net> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:37 PM Subject: KR>floxing nut plates > > and used thick flox being carefull not to get any in the threads. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > Getting epoxy/flox in the threads of a nut plate can make for > a bad day as you try to remove the epoxy with a bolt or > thread cutter. A trick that worked for me when floxing nuts > and nut plates was to use nylon bolts of the same size as > the metal bolts intended for final assembly and screw them > into the nuts/nut plates until the epoxy cured. This keeps > the threads clean and the epoxy won"t stick to the nylon. > Simply remove the nylon bolt and install the steel one. > > This also helps to hold the buried nut or nut plate in correct > position during curing. Your results may vary. :-) > > I spent the afternoon installing my ELT and remote switch. > I'm coming down the home stretch headed for the paint booth!! > > Larry Flesner > > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html >
