I busted the head off one of the bracket screws, I guess some paint was fouling the threads on the pilot casting.
Anyway, I simple drilled an adjacent new hole and used one of the Kadee self-tapping screws to secure the bracket. No big deal. Rich G(ajnak) --- In [email protected], "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote: > > I'm not familiar with these new engines, but is it possible to tap out the > mounting holes for 00-90 machine screws? I have done this on my Alco RS units > when the metric machine screw wouldn't hold the sideframes in place properly. > I enlarged ythe mounting holes for a 2-56 screw and voila! No more problem! > > boB Nicholson ______________________________________________ > > > > --- In [email protected], "pickycat95" <pickycat95@> wrote: > > > > As is sometimes typical, I took one step backwards before making any > > progress on installing KD802s on my new SD70ACe. That was I ground the > > philips head out of the top of the one of the bracket mounting screws. It > > got more involved after that when I realized the instructions do not tell > > you how to fix the pilot to the frame. Accomplishing that revealed that > > the frame was not mounted square to the shell because there is a little > > extra glob where the wiring for the left ditch light enters into the > > innards. So now I need to take the entire shell off to remove the glob. > > > > So now I'm about 5 steps backwards and the problem remains that I have a > > lame loose screw and need to find a replacement. Is there a good source > > for these tiny machine thread screws? > > Ben Trousdale > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
