In a message dated 5/9/99 2:25:33 PM !!!First Boot!!!, nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET writes: << >Second thought. If it is the agraffe, are you sure the agraffe is tight on >the plate. If these were replaced, perhaps they weren't settled down on the >plate securely. * By the callouses of my own three hands, I assure you that isn't the case. "Settled" isn't nearly a violent enough term to describe how I torque down agraffes. Believe me, they're tight. >> Ron Some of the other have alluded to the holes being elongated, which is what I was referring to when I said "cut." But in regard to the above statement, perhaps we might have found the answer to your problem. Unless you are exaggerating, agraffs should be turned into their holes until they are snug. They should never be forced to be turned passed a natural stopping point. In order to get them to be at the right angle, you need to put washers under them, or ream out the base of the agraffe. If you over tighten them, it will cause the threaded part of the agraffe to break. I am wondering if the noise you are hearing is the agraffe "vibrating" because the stem has a slight break in it. The next thing that will happen is for the agraffe to break. Again, just a wild guess on my part.
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