[Elecraft] K3 bottom cover screw spinning in place

[Ignacy]

Had teh same happen to me two days ago.

I unscrewed the other half cover and secured the standoff with pliers. It is
possible that my screw was too long.
Ignacy





Mark C. Killmon wrote:
> 
> Builders,
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
>  
> 
> I hate to take the Dremel tool to it.
> 
>  
> 
> 73, Mark
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