Drill guide for removing a standoff and method of removing standoff

A drill guide for removing a standoff fastened to a structure by a plurality of fasteners, the drill guide comprising:

• a fitting body having a bottom portion and a top portion spaced apart along a height, the fitting body defining a standoff receptacle opening through the bottom portion of the fitting body, the fitting body configured to operably couple to the standoff such that at least a portion of the standoff is received in the standoff receptacle such that the fitting body has a keyed position in relation to the standoff, wherein the bottom portion of the fitting body defines a flange fitting around the standoff receptacle, the standoff receptacle comprises a flange chamber defined by the flange fitting, and the standoff receptacle further comprises an upper chamber above the flange chamber, wherein the fitting body defines a plurality of drill bushing passages;
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• a plurality of drill bushings secured to the fitting body, each drill bushing being received in a respective drill bushing passage and defining a drill bit passage extending along a respective drilling axis, each drill bushing being positioned and arranged on the fitting body to be directly above a respective one of the fasteners when the fitting body is in the keyed position in relation to the standoff such that the drill bushing is configured to guide a drill bit inserted into the drill bit passage along the drilling axis for drilling out the fastener, wherein each said drilling axis crosses through the flange chamber and is located entirely outside of the upper chamber;
• wherein the upper chamber has a first width and each of the plurality of drill bushing passages has a second width, wherein the first width is greater than the second width.