Quote Originally Posted by hollytree View Post
Chris can you post a picture please so we can see what the problem is
You can't fix them Steve. It's an age old bugbear with teardrop side repeaters. Rusty nut/stud overcomes the strength of the captive end (square section of the stud in a square hole in very thin metal.
For the pair of repeaters I managed to save three out of the four studs.