Lower Hull Problem

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Jake79
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Lower Hull Problem

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Hi all

Just received some black steel gears for my HL Purshing, I went to install them and only one of the screws that hold the gears down will go tight, the other two will not tighten at all on the left hand side of the tank. I was thinking will I need a replacement lower hull ? any ideas.

thanks Jake
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Re: Lower Hull Problem

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I'll try it tonight, cheers :thumbup:
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Re: Lower Hull Problem

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Another suggestion Jake... put a drop of crazy glue in the screw hole... and pack some two part epoxy putty around the pillar... it'll be plenty strong :D

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Re: Lower Hull Problem

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I popped over to my dads last night, he didn't have any plastic rod so Im going with Alpha on this one, all looks good so far Ill test it out later. cheers Alpha :)
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Re: Lower Hull Problem

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Jake79 wrote:I popped over to my dads last night, he didn't have any plastic rod so Im going with Alpha on this one, all looks good so far Ill test it out later. cheers Alpha :)
:thumbup: Sometimes simple solutions work best... Sometimes ;)

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Re: Lower Hull Problem

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You may want to reinforce the mounting posts as suggested in this video ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxErRPc9Xhk
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Re: Lower Hull Problem

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strmnd54 wrote:You may want to reinforce the mounting posts as suggested in this video ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxErRPc9Xhk
Yup that works too... just be careful not to snap off the tower.... it's also good to pack epoxy putty around the brass too...helps keep it in place ...there's a bunch of tricks to reinforcing those towers :thumbup:

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