Brett, You might consider ordering the Stainless fastener kit K3SSKT instead of spending the time to inventory the ones you'll need.
You get a complete collection of all the exterior screws and nuts with plenty of extras for later. Oh yeah, get some new, quality screw drivers.. Rick K6LE On 12/30/2009, at 2:29 , Brett Howard wrote: > Ok I know I need to buy new screwdrivers. I'm in the process of buying > a set of Whia drivers. I feel that the driver I've been using fits > fairly well but the Whia set I have at work seem to fit a little > better. > > Anyway I'm starting to have issues with my bottom front panel after > getting into this radio as many times as I have... After the DVR, the > audio low pass filter, several additions of filters, the sub RX, and > every mod on the website (except for the resistor change for the P3) > I'll be doing it when the P3 arrives... > > Anyway the center most screw position was the one giving me the most > fits before. This wasn't near as big of an issue when I didn't have the > sub receiver. But now that I have that piece in place being able to put > a screwdriver on the top side has become much more work intensive. > > I've also tried using lock-tite to hold the standoffs onto the screws > from the board side so that Its very easy to remove the screws from the > bottom and I figured if I ever had to replace the RF board that > replacing a few standoffs at the same time would be easy... > > Anyway I've cammed out of some of the flat head screws ever so slightly > here and there and Elecraft graciously provided me with a few > replacements to get rid of the ones that were starting to look bad. But > this other issue is starting to get really quite ugly. > > I've gotten to the point where I no longer want to even try opening it > because of how far I have too take it apart because of these issues. I > got an FM filter for Xmas and because the left front screw and the > center most screw wouldn't come out of the bottom I ended up having to > pull the front panel and the sub RX in order to install a filter. > (granted the Sub RX had to come out partially to get the filter in place > but had to come out all the way for the other work). > > Anyway I think I'd like to replace some of these parts with new ones as > the excessive use and attempts with lock-tite have been less than > successful. I'm wondering if I should try to make up a BOM of what I > need from the Elecraft manual (using elecraft part numbers of course) > and then place an order or if I should just head to my parts catalog > house and try there. > > Finally my last question quite concerns me.... I've noted that from > several applications on and off that the board has gotten scratched here > and there around the screw holes. Being that these are commonly ground > points I'm quite worried that I'm not getting the grounding that I > should... Just after installing the FM filter I noted that when I plug > my mic into the front panel that I get about a .5S unit drop in noise > level when the mic is plugged in. Granted I think this is the first > time I've even listened to the radio w/ the mic unplugged (even though I > rarely ever use it)... But this makes me wonder what may be up here.... > FWIW I have put shorting wires around the L's in the back for the > "Improving the immunity of the Rear-Panel RS232 and Audio Connectors to > RF" modification. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
