Dear Ben,
Have you tried using the teflon tape that plumbers use on pipes?
That might help make the screw just a bit thicker. If you do go for
the larger dia. screw approach, remember the current screw is mostlikely
metric.
Good luck,
Don
bentrous wrote:
>Has anyone had experience with these towers coming apart? One of the
>threaded screw holes that holds the two halves together has become
>stripped and the screw no longer holds the thing tightly together. The
>result is that the screw holding the sideframe to the bottom doesn't
>hold either because its hole is slightly spread. That's a problem
>because of the 'spring drive'.
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>My temporary fix has been to dab some CCA glue into the threads of the
>housing, let dry and 'retap' the hole through the dried glue with the
>screw. I was surprised when it worked because of all the grease in
>these things.
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>What's a long term fix to this problem other than buying a die and tap
>set of slightly larger size or ordering a new gear tower housing?
>Ben Trousdale
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