If any of ya'll have an aluminum rail and 10-32 stock screws like Excals, and you should strip one out either by not removing old Loc-Tite or wrenching too strong, I have a heli-coil kit. Fixes ya right up and ya got steel threads to play w/. Be glad to loan it out!
Always wondered about those that take their Excals apart and put in a gun case if it would wear in time. Bad thing about aluminum and stripping out things. Not that I'm heavy handed or anything like that.
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anytime you take screw out and put it back,wood or metal it makes the screw loose over time..many top gun experts will tell you not to remove things so much to clean etc..
Thanks Dan for the offer.
Just some info for thos that dont know about loctite...
#1.Red is for bolts,nuts and machinescrews that you dont plan on removeing,it takes heat to remove such items with out damageing theads...It can be done without heat but you take a chance.
#2.Blue loctite is for bolts,nuts and machinescrews that wil be removed on a somewhat regular basis and less chance of any thread damage to said items.(no heat required).
Just a note................Red is hot....Blue is cool.......
Always wondered about those that take their Excals apart and put in a gun case if it would wear in time. Bad thing about aluminum and stripping out things. Not that I'm heavy handed or anything like that.
I don't think you will ever strip the two holes in the riser, they are real deep, and are the two one uses to break the bow down for gun case or whatever. The two stock screws are a different matter. I haven't measured, but would guess the rail material is about .100" thick. W/ a 10-32 screw being 32 threads per inch, you only have about 3 threads there to work w/. I'm sure normal people don't have a problem w/ this and rarely if ever take stock off their bow. I was switching stocks around on 3 bows like a kid playing Barbie dolls, which cost me, lol. It burned my butt to pay $30 for the helicoil kit to just use one little spring lookin thread thingy, and there's about 10-12 left in pack. I'd had this same problem once before on this bow and had gotten the hole heli-arced shut and redrilled and tapped it. I believe it's a done deal now.
anytime you take screw out and put it back,wood or metal it makes the screw loose over time..many top gun experts will tell you not to remove things so much to clean etc..
When it comes to loose screws, I'll take your word for it!
I stripped one of the screws that hold the stock too, fixed mine by putting a nut inside the rail, 100X the strength now. Good to know you have the kit for the next time I strip one, it would be a nightmare trying to fish a nut into that part of the rail.
I am not concerned with breaking down the bow, those screws will not strip unless you try to put them on with an impact wrench. I can see that if you did it enough it would eventually wear down the aluminum threads, but that would take a very long time.
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