One more Screw! (and not what YOU think)...

[orange]

The only thing that keeps me from freeing the volume/balance control board on my first SX-D7000 is one screw on the loudness switch.

Since this is part of the board I COULD just THRASH the poor switch getting the screw off but I have no Dremel tool.

I can move on to the 1630 for Rex now without losing my way but WHAT TO DO? I have the front panel freed enough to take the board out in it's entirety, swapping the wire wraps as I go.

 

[orange]

Well, NO I can't do any such thing as I have the selector panel freed from the lamps and can see now. The screw is toast but how do I free it? The switch is cabled to a point behind it and it cannot be broken. I'll go take pictures as nobody here has probably ever made this repair.

 

[orange]

We'll try this...

 

[mlucitt]

I would use a smallish left-hand drill bit in my variable speed 1/4" or 3/8" drill. I have some if you want me to send them to you. But your drill has to be reversible to use the LH bits.

Mark

 

[orange]

I have a a rechargable hand driver that might have more guts than the Black and Decker dad gave me but I am also a KLUTZ and absolutely need this switch intact as I don't understand how the wire ladder connects yet. In the past I have tried chilling and hammering while turning on parts but not this small or critical.

I still don't know if I missed up something on the quadcore I had to rewire when I fired itm up last night and now have to have a friend with more skills than I have anymore look at it.

 

[Lazarus Short]

Shucks, if you lived in C-bad, I could drop by with the Dremel and have that screw head ground down in a few minutes. Can you buy a Dremel grinding bit and get it clamped down in a standard chuck?

 

[orange]

I really don't know.

 

[orange]

I've got drill bits, alright, just where are they at is all.

THIS is the real issue however:



Look closely at where the nut is at in comparison to the two electrolytic cans that are tied together (the Roberts amp I'm trying to remove)...

I still have to get the nut free...

 

[Lazarus Short]

[I hope this Q makes sense.]

Is it

the nut on the left, which looks square

the clamp-tightening screw in the middle, or

the hex nut on the right?

 

[orange]

It's directly below the solder joint (or on the right).

 

[Lazarus Short]

Needle-nose pliers?

A ratcheting box-end wrench?

A cheap, short 1/4-inch drive socket of the right size, soldered/welded to a steel nail (for leverage)?

 

[orange]

Actually, I don't have a ratchet driver that small and the main things that would fit there are the pliers (but they won't stay) and a small monkey wrench (which does).

I DID see something on TV that is said to drill out a good surface and then you flip the bit and it supposedly will take out a headless screw and even a 4 inch deck screw...I have to look on TV again as I forgot the exact web address and it has 4 bits for slotted, Phillips, etc. for only $19.95 and shipping.

I wanted to ask for an opinion on the tool.

 

[Lazarus Short]

I haven't heard of the tool you mention, and don't watch TV. Would a small "Easy-Out" not do the same thing? Me, I would find a small, cheap hex socket, drill a hole thru it, and insert a nail for leverage. If too long, I would even grind down the end where the ratchet fits. Yeah, I've been wondering if you ever got that nut dealt with...

 

[orange]

I haven't even located the drill bits.

The name of the tool is SpeedOut https://www.buyspeedout.com/

 

[orange]

Well, my keyless chuck sucks...

The bit I bought kept getting loose and slipping in and then broke and the bolt on the Akai is recessed so using the cutters I got will be tricky and I've still got the caps in the way.

I have less than two bucks until I get money for a bike part I sold, hopefully this week.

Renting a Dremel tool costs more than I will make. I'll go back to trying to find the bits I have.

 

[laatsch55]

I have one here for you Steve. Sorry it isn't getting shipped on your schedule. It will be out of here sometime this week so you can stop with the hints...

 

[BubbaH]

Hey Steven. If used properly those easy out tools work fairly well. I have used those things to pull big stripped tapcons out of concrete.

Quality drill bits do make a difference though, dont break as easy, and cut a fair bit better. Hex shank bits might help with your chuck problem too.

 

[Lazarus Short]

I have one here for you Steve. Sorry it isn't getting shipped on your schedule. It will be out of here sometime this week so you can stop with the hints...

You're a good man, Lee.

 

[orange]

Not trying to be a pain anyway and thank you Lee. I'm just not getting many answers back lately from a few places period and I'm probably spending a lot of money guessing stuff. I spent $12 on what I have andjust lost about $4. I've been outside working on figuring out what's coming and going to maybe clear one of the sheds for the neighbors to use eventually and finding some things to give a couple people.

Had to bring it in to warm it up before going over it again.

PS Also didn't see your post until now.