I purchased a 29/BT-80 motor mount kit from Apogee, along with an Aero Pack 29L retainer. The fit of the CRs and retainer base on the tube seems excessive (compared to the fit on 24mm MMTs I've built), with two full wraps of blue painters tape around the tube still allowing the CRs and retainer base to slide on. My guesstimate on the gap is not quite 1/16", but a very fat 1/32".
I know that glued joints are supposed to be tight. How would you fill the gap? The tape works, but will Elmer's glue (for the CRs) and JB Weld (for the retainer base) stick to that? Scotch tape instead of blue? Or should I just slop on the glue and hope the tube is centered when it dries?
The tube supplied in the kit is heavy, not the lightweight tube found in most LPR MMT kits. And Apogee's product page states the 29L retainer will fit this tube.
I know that glued joints are supposed to be tight. How would you fill the gap? The tape works, but will Elmer's glue (for the CRs) and JB Weld (for the retainer base) stick to that? Scotch tape instead of blue? Or should I just slop on the glue and hope the tube is centered when it dries?
The tube supplied in the kit is heavy, not the lightweight tube found in most LPR MMT kits. And Apogee's product page states the 29L retainer will fit this tube.