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harley-dave
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Mar 24, 2013

how do I repair a stripped out screw hole in the wall

Well, the subject says it all. My Winnie has those thin wood walls and some of the screws holding misc. plates and brackets are stripping out. How do I repair the holes so I can tighten the wood screw...
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The_Texan
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Mar 24, 2013
in5r wrote:
One piece of advice if using the hollow type wall anchor "molly bolt" take into consideration the thickness of the luan panel it will be clamping to. It needs to fully clamp down on both sides of the panel.
And that is the problem in an RV, that is insulated with high density foam. I have yet to find a molly that is both short enough and will expand properly, into the high density insulation on our RV.

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