Back to the topic at hand.....During the fitting of the stab I encountered a problem that any of you guys contemplating the Vanquish as your next ride should know about. The set-screws used for stab adjustment would not go in easily so I chased the threads with an M4 tap, The adjustment block inside the stab is aluminum so you don't want to cross thread anything here.

Well, the first side worked fine. Chasing threads is a simple task and should be done where ever one encounters resistance in existing threads, cleaning them up rather than X-threading them

The second side was a different issue..... the aluminum block came off inside the stab. Easy enough to take out and inspect the part. One small screw was allit was held by, plus some adhesive, possibly ca. It just wasn't enough to hold the torque of the tap and popped off.

No big deal and actually I'm kinda glad it happened on my bench. The aluminum block has two mounting holes so I am tapping these for some 4-40 screws and reinstalling the part with a pair of flat heads through the root ply rib. I'll take a few photos and show you what I did