Hope everyone is having a good holiday! I just took off my C clamps and tried to remove the tubular rod that had been setting the position of the bushings I had epoxied into my centerboard and the bushings also broke out. I had some weeks ago asked about bonding in brass bushings to the steel centerboard and based on the advise I got decided that teflon or in the case of what I got Rulon bushings (reinforced PTFE) would be best for the center pin hole on the M-23 board I am trying to finish. So I let the epoxy set for a week and a half over some days that exceeded the 35 degree min for the fast hardner mix. The epoxy had definitely cured but the bushings did not bond in very well apparently. The bushings are meant to be very slippery so I suspect I am going to need to help give a rough surface for mechanical bonding by scuffing up or roughing up the surface that mates with the centerboard. I know some sailors said they had teflon bushings in the centerboard hole. Are these bonded in? Press fit? Any ideas of suggestions that might improve the outcome of a second try would be much appreciated. Thanks Robbin M-23 & M-10