<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Tom,<br><div>
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If not doing that, I suggest a moderately stiff compliant wrapping of some kind to minimize case strain. One possibility is a wrapping of cold shrink on the bolt.<br><br>Cheers,<br>John<br><br>John R. Evans<br><br><b>Normally at:</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><b> </b></span><b>Intermittently at:<br></b>U.S. Geological Survey<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>USGS/ASL<br>345 Middlefield Rd, MS-977<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>P.O. 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