quick bushing fix

[Greg Newell]

Willem,
    I'm guessing that you'll have a return trip anyway. I'm guessing that your
repair will cause one mean squeak if it hasn't already.

Greg

Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:

> The other day I had to make a quick fix on a flange bushing. The bushing on
> had come out on one side and I didn't have extra flanges in my tool kit. So I
> tired something, and it worked.
>
> I pushed a center pin through the bushing still in place, and made sure it
> was centered in the empty hole. I then put a drop of medium SA glue in the
> hole around the pin, and shot it. After it hardened, I held on to the center
> pin with a needle nose, and turned the flange. It worked. The resistance was
> a little more than normal, but after I put the flange back on the butt, it
> was loose enough to give me about 3 and half swings.
>
> It's certainly not something you want to do all the time, but in a pinch, it
> might save a return trip.
>
> Willem

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