I have a #10 that fell out because the acorn more or less rotted off.
Here’s a picture of it next to a #8 that has the right external dimension but
The wrong nut inside it. The shell is 7/16 hex, the nut inside is 3/8 hex so
Some of what’s holding it together is Forming on the edge of the “washer”.
Maybe I’m not feeling creative enough at the moment but not sure how I’d duplicate that
Without investing in tooling.
the shell hex is 7/16 ☑ The nut hex is 3/8 ☑
Referring to my earlier post, both self threading nuts have a 3/8 hex.
My thought was to obtain the #8 Acorns, remove the #8 nut and substitute the #10. With properly prepared surfaces I'd bet JB or 3M metal epoxy would hold the two together. One could even "Pre- thread" the studs so there is not as much stress as when cutting the threads.
It's not 100% correct but would likely pass most lookey loo's until the correct ones could be found . just a suggestion
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