Re: stripped awning mount holes

["laurencarus" <lscarlson@xxxx>]

Tom:
If I read your post correct you have stripped the aluminum on the 
trailer which may or may not be on a rib. I have done two different 
repairs in this situation. I was beside a rib, not good.

1) My first repair was to use an "ADVEL NUTSERT". You end up with a 
nut inside the wall.
http://www.rivetsplus.com/default.htm

2) One pulled out on me so I got a Vetrenarian Syringe and injected 
about 30 cc of "Kitty Hair" in the wall. Don't use a needle and you 
need to drill out the end of the syringe to enlarge the hole. I did 
this in two stages untill the wall was full thickness of Kitty Hair 
at that point.
I first stuffed some polyethelene bags in the wall so that I didn't 
have to fill the wall 6 feet high. When the wall was solid at that 
point I drilled a 3/8" diameter hole and inserted a piece of 
Stainless steel tubing that I had tapped to 1/4" NC on the inside. 
With 5 minute epoxy I glued the tube in the 3/8" hole.
Two hints:
a) plug the end of the tube with putty to keep from getting epoxy in 
the threads.
b) Cut some groves in the tube with a file for the epoxy to grip to.

Here is Kitty Hair:
http://www.handsontools.com/store/show_product/?product_id=9625

Lauren WBCCI # 7532