I've had similar issues with blind nuts either stripping or not being set at the proper angle. Last case was my Sharon, where the front nut was only 1/2 visible through the wing hole when the center and rear were in.
I used a big soldering iron to melt the blind nut right out of the epoxy holding it in. Then, in my case, I enlarged the hole in the right direction and glued it back in.
You might try the same to pop out the bad one and replace it.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 12:53 PM
To: RCSE
Subject: [RCSE] Blind Nut Stripped
Help, the forward blind nut on my Eraser is stripped. Don't know how that
happened, I have been very careful when tightening the screws on the wing.
My Shop Theory book tells me that an 8-36 SAE machine screw has a major
diameter .010" larger than the diameter of the Metric screws that came with
my Eraser. Has anybody had a similar problem and found an easy solution? I
am thinking of tapping the blind nut to accept an 8-36 cap screw since the
4.0 metric cap screw does not engage correctly.
Mark
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