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Old 21st Oct 2013, 09:20
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cockney steve
 
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any threaded fastener wll wear/ work-harden it's mating thread, given enough use.

there is no reason to suppose that panels not intended for regular removal,would be attached with a fastening-system designed for repeated use.

therefore the press-bullcrap is self-evidently, just that-sensationalist rubbish to sell "news"papers.
A Dzus fastener, by it's very design, is either secured or free...there's no way (unless badly worn/damaged) they can "come loose" If the panel was, indeed, partially secured, the secured fasteners would show considerable damage or rip out in their entirety.....saw no signs of that in the picture, but I'm old and my eyesight isn't as keen as it was....my Labrador and white stick didn't detect any damage either.
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