Insert with diametral locking feature and indication feature for installation and method of installation thereof
AssigneeThe Lee Company
InventorWalter Kendrioski
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AssigneeThe Lee Company
InventorWalter Kendrioski
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A method of installing an insert into a circumferential bore includes: axially inserting a body of the insert, a second end first, into the bore until the second end of the body engages a pre-formed support shoulder in the bore; axially pressing the body of the insert against the support shoulder of the bore while outwardly radially expanding and plastically deforming at least a second section of a diametral side wall of the insert against an interior wall of the bore; further outwardly radially pressing and plastically deforming at least an installation indication feature of the body of the insert against the interior wall of the bore until the installation indication feature contacts the interior wall of the bore around the circumference of the bore.
An insert having a diametral locking feature and an installation indication feature, comprising:
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