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Old 10-12-06 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by LóFarkas
And cross-threading an M5 bolt that's 1)vertically positioned 2)very easily accesible 3) not confined at all as to how you can insert it (no clamp or heavy part it fixes on to push it sideways etc.)... Really moronic.
It wouldn't be that hard to cross-thread the top cap bolt. If the starnut isn't installed straight - and I've run across a lot of those - it's pretty easy to get it started crooked. And then, if you force it...well, you know
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