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

[Jim M.]

I found a long skinny flat head driver at Ace hardware that works fine. 
It's not phillips, but still small enough to fit into the screw.

Jim M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa_r390a at trailing-edge.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:32 PM
Subject: [R-390] Long skinny screwdriver for RF deck removal


> 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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