bermo
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Got a Chaves from a member on here a while back. He had an issue with some backspacer bolts and threads. Had some buddies try and fix it up but they had no success, so he put it up for sale for a reasonable price stating full disclosure.
No backspacer bolts were included, I assume they threw them in a dark body of water somewhere. Scales are Ti, backspacer is also Ti (thought it was something else originally).
Looks like fun
Here are some pics of how i got it.
I think the original Ti backspacer bolts threaded into the Ti backspacer, with limited thread engagement. Tiny Ti bolts screwing into tiny Ti threads is a recipe for disaster, bad design in my eyes. Anyways.
Found some "gulso" bolts which are basically a body fit through bolt. It threads into itself.
The hard part during this fix was finding the "center" of each hole as a couple were pretty messed up and egged out, I had oversize the holes but I needed to find the center so all parts fit back together.
After finding the center of the holes I drilled them out, countersunk them to fit the new bolts, and the new bigger bolt heads,
No backspacer bolts were included, I assume they threw them in a dark body of water somewhere. Scales are Ti, backspacer is also Ti (thought it was something else originally).
Looks like fun
Here are some pics of how i got it.
I think the original Ti backspacer bolts threaded into the Ti backspacer, with limited thread engagement. Tiny Ti bolts screwing into tiny Ti threads is a recipe for disaster, bad design in my eyes. Anyways.
Found some "gulso" bolts which are basically a body fit through bolt. It threads into itself.
The hard part during this fix was finding the "center" of each hole as a couple were pretty messed up and egged out, I had oversize the holes but I needed to find the center so all parts fit back together.
After finding the center of the holes I drilled them out, countersunk them to fit the new bolts, and the new bigger bolt heads,
