> The problem is now solved. After realizing that missing one stud would > really be annoying for me, I tried welding on "drops" to make a new > "stud" there, and then a nut on top. It went out without any thread > damage at all. Excellent! 3 cheers for Scott J.'s methodology. -- Huw Powell http://www.humanspeakers.com/ http://www.humanthoughts.org/