I've started final assembly on my 318. Was hoping to make progress today but ran into this roadblock. The windage tray studs from Milodon part #81182 were made too short. By roughly an inch, so not even close or use able.
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So if I were to toss the washers and just position the nut to barely grab all the threads it's still an 1/8" shorter than the original bolts. And as you can see from the pic if I seat the stud fully in the bolt holes, that I bottom tapped, all the threads are below the nut/washer land on the main cap.
Has anyone seen this before? Can I just order another set and hope that it was just a bad batch? Or is there another manufacturer that I can try? Really wish it wasn't too late in the evening to track down a customer service number and vent about this.
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:banghead:
So if I were to toss the washers and just position the nut to barely grab all the threads it's still an 1/8" shorter than the original bolts. And as you can see from the pic if I seat the stud fully in the bolt holes, that I bottom tapped, all the threads are below the nut/washer land on the main cap.
Has anyone seen this before? Can I just order another set and hope that it was just a bad batch? Or is there another manufacturer that I can try? Really wish it wasn't too late in the evening to track down a customer service number and vent about this.