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Plate-nuts, floating or fixed, I used fixed, they come in all sizes,check e-bay & you can find sellers that have variety bags of aircraft hardware, great to have around, all kinds of rivets also. David RV-6A Rotary (painted, eng. done, wings & tail to be installed in next week or so)
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From: Scott <squiggles@yahoo.com>
> Hello All...
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> I was hoping for some ideas on how to mitigate or eliminate the risk of a nut
> falling off the mount plate of the throttle body. As you can see in the
> attached picture #1, two bolts are just inside the intake manifold. Thoughts
> that have gone through my mind:
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> 1) Tap the holes, then use a larger bolt with locktite( or similar )
> 2) Use a 1/2" aluminum plate to attach the throttle body to, countersinking the
> back side deep enough to allow the nuts to sit recessed, then attach that
> assembly to the plate you see in the picture, however using holes drilled
> outboard of both the throttle body and plenum
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> I really don't feel that leaving the nuts inside the plenum is wise, but
perhaps
> I am worrying too much...
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> What are your thoughts?
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> Thank You
> -Scott
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