installing new rod rigging

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Thanks for the advice. I am going to try this in the next couple days. I will go easy with the heat. I will try to come up with some way of applying torque to the threads as well. I was going to use a stainless rivet through the pin hoe, but it sounds like this won't be enough. I will try the aluminum plates, or possibly file some flats if necessary.

A couple more questions:

My USB microscope will either do 20X or 200X zoom. Is 20X enough? 200X might be hard to work with, but I will try.

When reassembling, I will use the red loctite again, of course. What about greasing the rod head? Moly grease? T9? nothing?

Thanks,
Frank