Dan,
Drill out the stud, tap it along the axis of the stud, and use a section
of threaded rod or a bolt to replace the missing threads. There should
be enough of a shoulder on the stud to securely hold the replacement.
Regards,
Lew Palmer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf
> Of Dan DiBiase
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 9:55 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Rebound Strap Stud
>
> It looks like the stud that holds the rebound strap to the rear axle
is
> part of said axle - looking at various catalogs, it looks like it is
NOT a
> separate (replaceable) part... If this is indeed the case, if the stud
on
> my axle is missing a section of threads, any ideas on how to retain
the
> rebound strap? May not be a big issue since there is probably not too
much
> side-to-side movement in the rear suspension so it probably wouldn't
slip
> off, but I'm thinking of maybe drilling a hole through the stud and
using
> a piece of wire or something to hold it on there... Sounds 'DPO-ish'
to me
> but not sure what other choices I have!
>
>
>
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