Old 03-25-23, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Kontact
It never can get loose and it can be lighter.

Not much labor. And it's cheap. The quick and dirty version would take 10 minutes to execute if you know what you're doing.
A bog-standard Wolf Tooth compression plug costs $15 and weighs 26 g. A plug of epoxy with the same dimensions weighs about 16 g, not including a threaded insert or star nut. Not much of a weight or cost savings, if any ...
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