Wayne,
I can't even sharpen a pencil and I drilled and tapped both main struts on both sides in about 5 minutes total on my F-18F. It's a super easy fix and works well.
Beave
ORIGINAL: wayne1965
jim i got exactly the same problem the only way you can get over it as far as i can see is ti drill the side of the pivet block and put a self tapper in .thats the only way it can be done with out shelling out more money!!!