---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 56.75-10"
title: "46"
number: "56.75-10"
heading: "Joint clearance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/56.75-10"
---

# §56.75-10. Joint clearance.


The clearance between surfaces to be joined must be no larger than is necessary to allow complete capillary distribution of the brazing alloy or solder.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65184, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50158, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18843, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65184, Oct. 31, 2008]