EZ outs? Mike W0MU
J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/13/2011 3:06 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > I recently upgraded my first run K3 and SN 822. 822 was fine, but > with #295, I had the same thing as you describe..several times. I > sure did not tighten them "that much" when I put it together! > > Besides what Bill has contributed to your issue, I had to leave the 2D > in place and manage to remove all the other screws so that the block > came off with the side panel. I then used a traditional pliers to > undo the block. So like I said, no way I made it that tight > originally. Maybe it's an Elecraft feature...self-tightening screws? > LOL > > So you may need to be a bit more creative than simply rocking the side > panel 30 degrees to loosen it up (or other panels). Worst case, you > can get one of the "backwards" drill bits (no, I don't know what they > are really called) and take it out that way. I did not need to do > that. > > de Doug KR2Q > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

