Gerry Creager
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:21:31 -0700
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
"David Mathog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:A vendor who shall remain nameless graced us with a hot swappable drive caddy in which one of the three mounting screws used to fasten the drive to the caddy had been treated with blue LocTite. This wasn't obvious from external inspection, but the telltale blue glop was on the threads when the screw finally let go and came out. It was beginning to look like power tools were going to be needed to get it out, and the screw head was pretty badly torn up after removal.I believe a touch from a soldering iron will usually loosen LocTite, but that might also damage a drive, so be careful.
Acetone or mineral spirits will also take care of locktite. Based on some rather harsh experience showed that the piddly little heat generated by a soldering iron won't really cause much damage.
This is the first time I have encountered a drive screw on a removable drive which was, well, unremovable. Is this a trend or are we just dealing with a sadistic assembler?I've never seen it used with a drive, it is certainly not normal. Perry _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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