<html> Hi Ric,           I have seen them on old clunkers, as a patch up repair for broken out bridges.  It works, sort of.  But they make a hell of a mess of the bridge.  Major recapping is the only remedy after they have been used. Roger At 04:47 PM 9/8/01 +0200, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>[Image] Hi Folks, I ran into these today on the nett, have never seen them before. Looks like a way of bypassing the use of bridge pins really. Anybody tried these ? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <a href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no" eudora="autourl">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</a> <img src="cid:4.0.1.20010910222148.00f86e80@mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca.1" width=300 height=230 alt="253a50.jpg"> Hi Folks, I ran into these today on the nett, have never seen them before. Looks like a way of bypassing the use of bridge pins really. Anybody tried these ? -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <a href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</a>   </blockquote> </html>