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On 12/24/2013 11:33 AM, Chris Murphy wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> <br>
> On Dec 24, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Robert Moskowitz
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rgm@htt-consult.com"><rgm@htt-consult.com></a><br>
> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Can't get the screws loose on the drive caddy (lenovo
e120x)!<br>
>> Someone really torked them tight or glued them in. :(<br>
>> <br>
>> $9.9 to buy one used from someone that either figured out
how to<br>
>> loosen the screws or has the right tools.<br>
>> <br>
>> Venting here.<br>
> <br>
> If the head has been stripped, the driver is wrong sized for
the<br>
> screw. An exactly right sized driver with moderate pressure
will<br>
> unstick a tight screw so long as it isn't actually glued. And
in that<br>
> case with even more pressure it should still crack the glue
with less<br>
> than Herculean effort.<br>
> <br>
> If the screw head is stripped and sticks out a bit you can
use a<br>
> small file to create a couple notches top and bottom of the
screw<br>
> then use needle nose pliers to unscrew it. Or you'll have to
drill it<br>
> out.</span><br>
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Thanks but...<br>
<br>
Right size screwdriver: Phillips #0; I have been doing this for
close to 60 years. Stripping phillips head screws that is :)<br>
Heads not stripped. yet. Being careful.<br>
Lots of pressure tried. Including holding screwdriver with wrench
and trying to turn. But can't maintain enough downward pressure to
get it to budge.<br>
Heads not raised enough to grab with any pliers I own, and I have a
lot of them. Maybe try and file the heads square and see if that
makes grabbing them easier.<br>
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Stupid manufacturers.<br>
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