At the suggestion of my instructor, I dropped my nose gear on my alpha 60 a little to gain a bit of prop clearence. When I tightend the socket head screw back up the threads were stripped. Of course I didn't realise this untill I tried to taxi. The nose gear turned 90 degrees and that was the end of the night for me. I wanted to buy a new and improved gear, so I started to remove the stock one. The problem is the screws that hold the gear mount to the plane all turn in the blind nuts but will not back out. I believe the factory threadlock worked too well. All 4 screws will turn but will not come out. I removed the tank to see if the nuts were turning also, no luck. Here is the question. Will it be alright to fly like this with a new steering arm and set screw or do I have to start cutting wood to gain access to the blind nuts? If you kind folks have a simpler method I would love to read it. BTW I was to solo that night untill the gear gave up on me. Thanks for your time![:@]