Re: RDE-17 Mid Section & Gear Case, "This and That"

[Buccaneer]

quote FrankR:

The plug should just yank out. But if it is that stubborn, it might be better off left alone—if not drilled through or drilling replugged. You don’t want to break the thin material surrounding it.
I drilled my little tapped hole the rest of the way through the plug, and
using a stiff rod / wire, I was able to push the screen back to almost normal shape.
I’ll just put a little set screw in the hole and call it good.

I say that is the remains of a busted screw in the bypass cover
whatever was holding that end of the cover, it’s gone now.
I drilled it out and tapped some new threads.

Yep, that is a free floating bushing by design.
First one of those I’ve ran into that I remember!

Thanks!

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