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Old 01-07-2019, 10:59 PM   #12
dmurphy
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Hardest part was the gearbox spacer - it's a machined aluminum part, and apparently the previous owner of my Segway broke a screw off for attaching the front fascia. I'm not thrilled with the "bite" I got for the Segautostand's front stud, so I'm going to drill it out and run an M6 tap through the hole. That'll do the trick. Again, another project for the dead of winter when I've got nothing else to do :-)
Well, drilling out the broken screw didn't go well. I think my bits are dull as can be... so we're going to go to a rig-up.

I'm just going to tack weld one of these over the hole:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G8X9FUI/

That'll do it.
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