Thread: Metric BJ4?
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Old 31-08-2009
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Originally Posted by U.S.CAT3K View Post
UPDATE: metric screws work great in the gearboxes; tight fitting even when the holes have been stripped by the standard hardware. No real modification necessary, only had to ream out the upper plate spacers slightly.
Maybe you need to try not kranking the screws up so tight, it wont take long for the M3 screws to strip out the threads aswell if you are a bit heavy handed. My old BJ4 didn't have one stripped thread in it after 2 seasons of regular stripping and rebuilding.
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