[amsat-bb] G5500 - replacement boom clamps?

[W3AB/GEO]

Yep, the easiest route but I believe the OP wants to go to SS.

I did that on my rotors, I live in coastal CenCal, where corrosion is the norm.
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On Apr 13, 2019, 13:39, at 13:39, John Kludt via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>When mine failed I just ordered a new pair from Yaesu.  Not that
>expensive all things considered and no flapping around trying to get
>something else to work sort of.
>
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>On Apr 13, 2019 14:20, GEO Badger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>wrote:
>>
>> Alas, that is not true. Yes, 99.99% of all the fasteners on a current
>vehicle are metric. Modern vehicles don't use muffler clamps, aka
>exhaust clamps. Those are still the realm of DIY mechanics and
>hot-rodders, and they are still use imperial dimensions with the
>threads normally USS, not SAE.
>> McMaster-Carr, showing the metric equivalent of the imperial size,
>and metric threaded clamps.https://www.mcmaster.com/muffler-clamps
>>
>> If one has any connection(s) into the metric world you can have them
>shipped to you. If you NEED to procure metric clamps, let Dr Google do
>your walking for you.---  
>> Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side.    
>> GEO    
>>
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>>
>> Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
>>
>>     On Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:58:54 AM PDT, Roy Dean via
>AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
>>
>> >
>> > The U clamps are metric. That said one can probably find an
>approximate
>> > fit at an industrial supply house like McMaster-Carr.
>>
>> Well, the entire automotive industry is metric (even what's left of
>"the
>> big three"), so this shouldn't eliminate the possibility of using
>exhaust
>> clamps.
>>
>> --Roy
>> K3RLD
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