[R-390] Long skinny screwdriver for RF deck removal

Tim Shoppa shoppa_r390a at trailing-edge.com
Wed Jan 25 19:32:18 EST 2006


The green screws on the back of the RF deck (between the back panel
and the rear of the RF deck chassis) are #2 phillips, but it's nearly
impossible for me to get a long #2 phillips screwdriver onto them
(especially the one almost underneath the antenna relay).

In fact the only way I've ever gotten at them with a #2 is by removing
the screws from the back panel so I can tilt it out of the way.

Getting the next smaller size Phillips down there isn't so bad.

Was the "official-on-the-back-of-the-radio" screwdriver a #2 or
a smaller one, and was there something special about it (super-skinny
shaft? offset?) that made it possible to do the RF deck screws, or
am I so mechanically disinclined that I don't see the obvious trick?

Tim.


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