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Old 06-17-2016, 09:53 AM   #12937
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Originally Posted by Ashikabi View Post
How would the bolts secure the flange?
Not securing the flange but the body of the bushing by passing through the tube. If your tube wall is thick enough you could tap it. If not you would have to attach a bolt to give you the threaded hole.
The flange just helps support the bushing at the end of the tube.


Your tube would look like this with the bolt pushing against the bushing inside it. I would use two bolts per bushing just to make it that much more secure but you could probably get away with one.


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