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Old 11-06-16 | 06:10 PM
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I've had good results drilling out and tapping with the original size tap.

File or grind flush first to make it easier to center the hole,

and use increasing size bits, adjust the hole toward center after the smallest, most fragile drill sizes.

Even if the final hole is not exactly centered, and some metal is removed from the frame,

a bit of locktite will make up the difference.
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