RE: Urq Valve Cover Painting

["Bob Rossato" <bob.rossato@worldnet.att.net>]

> One word of caution on powder coating.  If you do it to anything that
> has a thread cut in it (the ball joint to strut base joint comes to
> mind) it's a good idea to run a tap of the right size down into the
> hole before trying to bolt it all together again.
>
> Roger Galvin didn't, and wound up shearing the bolt head off only five
> hours before a Concourse competition 200 miles away.  That powder is
> _grippy_ if it gets onto threads.
>
> --
>  Phil Payne


Phil brings up a good point.  The place I go to tapes over any studs and
inserts a sacrificial bolt into any threaded hole prior to powder coating to
prevent such an occurrence.  Also keep in mind the clearances on through
holes.

Bob Rossato