Originally Posted by Scott_M Another way that may have worked would have been to get a longer screw that fits the "fixing" screw hole and just turn it back in. |
Thank you for the suggestion, Scott, but I don't think this would have worked. As it is, as soon as the collar on the stock fixing screw isn't seated in the bore in the saddle any more, it deflects and the gib pushes past it with normal machine motion. That's how I got into the mess in the first place.
The 1/2-20 screw I had tried didn't budge the gib so I'm doubtful that the small fixing screw would have had enough strength anyway.
Originally Posted by justgary Drilling your bearing plate and grinding the end of the bolt (so that it fit into the hole in the bearing plate) would have kept the nut from walking. |
Just Gary, the next time I need to jack something with a bolt and nut I'll remember your suggestion. At 2 in the morning I just wanted to "git 'er done" and was probably not thinking the clearest
, and probably should have waited until this morning to continue.
Randy