[Elecraft] K3 bottom cover screw spinning in place

[Don Wilhelm]

Mark,

It certainly sounds like either the screw itself or the threads on the 
K3 are stripped.
Do not take the dremel tool to it.  Instead, use a thin tool (like the 
point of a knife blade) to insert under the screwhead and pry it upwards 
while turning it with a screwdriver.  There is no captive hardware on 
the other side.

Examine the screw carefully - if there is a place where the threads on 
the screw are stripped, you should throw that screw away and request a 
replacement from Elecraft (parts at elecraft.com), but if the threaded part 
of the K3 enclosure is stripped, that is a more serious problem - 
consult K3support at elecraft.com for advice and assistance.

73,
Don W3FPR

Mark C. Killmon wrote:
> Builders,
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> When removing the screws from the cabinet of my K3 to make the IF
> sensitivity mod, and the one-wire receiver protection mod, I've run into a
> show stopper.
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> The screw in the middle of the front-most bottom cover is just spinning in
> place. This is a factory build, and all the screws let go with a loud BANG,
> which is either expected from differential metal expansion/contraction, or
> they were really torqued when they were installed. Anyway, the screw in
> question never made any noise, it just gave resistance and spun in place,
> like there's captive hardware on the other side that is just spinning. I
> don't know if there's access to it if I remove the back-most bottom cover.
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> It looks like it would be hard to access from the top, without taking most
> of the rig apart. That's not an attractive proposition.
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> I hate to take the Dremel tool to it.
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> 73, Mark
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