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

[Tim Shoppa]

shoppa_r390a at trailing-edge.com (Tim Shoppa) wrote:
> 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?

I've just gotten a few answers from helpful folks but it seems I didn't
describe the situation adequately:

* The problem is not that my screwdrivers are not long enough.

* The problem is that the tip/shaft of a Phillips #2 seems way too fat
  to get on the head of the screws (especially the one adjacent to
  the antenna relay).

* A long Phillips #1 sort-of works but it's obvious that the screw itself
  is a Phillips #2. So either I'm using the wrong size screwdriver, or
  there's some trick I don't know! Like I said I can remove all the screws
  from the back panel and tilt it out of the way, but that is not a trick -
  it's a rather long involved process.

Tim.