i'm willing to bet a handy guy with a drill press could dill that out a little over size and press in a piece of tubing, the tube would need threads cut into it to accept the mounting screw. the tube would need to installed with lock-tight to save your lug, you have nothing to lose by trying it.

Mr CT,

That lug is an extremely difficult lug to find.

One of the hardest.

I know, I tried at one point.

Are there any threads left inside the broken "boss" on your lug.

Is there any more metal in lug boss to drill a little deeper?

(Without going all the way through)

If so, you could run an 8-32 tap into drilled out boss and use a longer screw.

Good luck sir.

Hi Michael--

Now i remembered why that lug had some play in it, and that's why i mentioned i wasn't sure how damaged that lug was. I guess those three ply Ludwig screws i gave you didn't work ? :( I hope you end up fixing that little guy up, or replacing it..But as burgundy pointed out, maybe a very skilled metal guy can fix it to make it solid again.

Not sure if i mentioned this guy, but Dave from Dave's drum shop in Ottawa always has vintage Ludwig parts lying around, and he may just have one of those DB lugs..

Good luck buddy !

https://davesdrumshop.com/collections/hardware-1

Cheers,

Rob

There was some threading left in the lug, and i ended up using a generic long screw which held up nicely. The only problem was the slight angling play the lug had because of the lack of the other half of the screw insert, and this is what caused the lug to angle up and down. There is a little metal left in the "boss", but not much..

Just enough to hold a screw.

even if you can us a longer screw to fasten it down, you are still going to have problems with not having the shoulder on the lug to hold it square in the hole, even when every thing is good the lugs don't want to sit correct due to the rods pulling it ****-eyed,

if you think you have enough threads to hold it in place? you could cut a short piece of tube to take up fill the gap between screw and shell, but it can't protrude thru the thickness of the shell.

Thanks for all the input and recommendations.

Rob was very honest about the lug and the screw holding it in place. I am one of those A**l engineers according to my wife and like everything to be original hence my new quest to look for a replacement lug. I did reach out to Dave's to see if they had one, and am waiting to hear back. I will take the lug back with me to the US this week as I have a friend that owns a machine shop to get his input. Just afraid that the white metal and repair may not hold up to the torque put on it when the tension rods are tightened down. Rob, I did try the smaller screws and they don't bite into the threaded part enough to hold, will look for a longer screw and washer from the same era if this cant be repaired or I cant get a replacement.

That's right, the boss plays a very important part in this shell/lug design.

Those lugs get pulled up and down with a lot of torque.

Hopefully Dave has a lug for you.

Still looking..... Anyone have one?

Michael