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MEXICOWANDERER
Mar 23, 2015Explorer
"somewhere on the inside of the chassis rail is the black water tank, as the drain pipe is right there and so is the release handle."
Depth control seems to be an issue here...a plunging drill bit would be disastrous.
28 threads per inch in thinner material has a much better chance than 20 threads per inch to not strip threads. Self tapping screws have caused me far too much grief except for things like roofing and siding.
When things are very thin I use fine thread nutserts. I also tin the frame itself with lead-free solder and a pencil torch. Good technicians are lazy technicians who despise having to go back and re-do work even if it's ten years old :)
Depth control seems to be an issue here...a plunging drill bit would be disastrous.
28 threads per inch in thinner material has a much better chance than 20 threads per inch to not strip threads. Self tapping screws have caused me far too much grief except for things like roofing and siding.
When things are very thin I use fine thread nutserts. I also tin the frame itself with lead-free solder and a pencil torch. Good technicians are lazy technicians who despise having to go back and re-do work even if it's ten years old :)
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