quick fix for stripped crown guard screws ~ worked like a ch

[pete2528ca]

Hey Kids.

I was trying to figure out how to deal with a stripped crown guard screw, and I think I came up with a pretty good solution.

First thing you do is take the crown guard off the case if you haven't allready done so.

step two, remove the lever pin and lever.

step three. find a piece of regular 14 or 16 guage wire or speaker wire. strip off an end about an inch long so you have the exposed copper wires. then snip off a few of them.

step four. fill the hole with loctite blue.

step five. using some tape, secure the crown guard, with out lever to the movement so the holes line up.

step six. insert one or two of the fine wires into the the hole through the crown guard.

step seven. insert the screw and start tightening it up.

step eight. repeat for other screw.

step nine. wiggle the copper strands till they break off.

step ten. take off the tape and wipe up excess loctite.

in essence, what you have done is created a helie coil, basically a thread chaser. the loctite will bind to all the metal including the copper wire and it will be super tight, but if necessary you will be able to take it apart.

I did this on an old 111h I have and it has lasted for four months thus far.

 

[earlgrey-erfurt]

seems to work
thanks for sharing

cheers helmut

hope it will not need

 

[joeyc]

Great read!

 

[Netbis71]

This is awesome.

 

[ALE7575]

Thanks for sharing
As engineer, I know this system as used in mechanical repairs
IT WORKS perfectly

ALE

 

[Netbis71]

I recently used this tutorial and it worked flawlessly my screws and my cg are solid and tight as a rock. I could not believe it.

Thank you pete !

ALE, this thread is 8 years old, but it should be sticked in tutorials. It's a saver for PAM owners with stripped/loose cg holes & screws.

 

[ALE7575]

I recently used this tutorial and it worked flawlessly my screws and my cg are solid and tight as a rock. I could not believe it. I used part of steel not copper wire and loctite 243, copper is softer and probably recommended, but steel I used was fairly soft, so it's all good.

Thank you pete !

ALE, this thread is 8 years old, but it should be sticked in tutorials. It's a saver for PAM owners with stripped/loose cg holes & screws.

No matter how the thread is old. The system is ageless

Please, I ask [MENTION=64001]kilowattore[/MENTION] to add this system in his tutorial thread


ALE

 

[kilowattore]

Of course I'm doing it asap
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, very useful.