cheers gary,, im going to push on with the revised plan... it solves enough of a problem to take the risk

as far as the temp goes im sure the screws will see a 20 degree shift in a shed in the uk

soooooo...... with the wavy washers plus an easy .5mm in the coupling im kind of confident
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