[drola]

case is not apart and trying to keep it that way. i put a double nut on the stud and turned it till it bottomed out. now just waiting for the oring to arrive from our host to try again. i tried to double nut it again to turn the stud out to remove it but it did not want to spin. so hopefully it will stay. i don't think it will be possible to put a heli coil in there without splitting the case, unless it fits through the hole which is slightly larger than the stud anyway. i'll see what happens first before i go that route.