Stuck Screws
jonicont
Posts: 281
I'm retired. Go to at least 50 shows a year. I'm bored. Let's get out the deck that's been boxed in a closet for 20 years (bought new in 1975).
Oiled it up. Plays and sounds great. However, the pinch roller needs to be pushed into place. Common problem with this deck. Found a detailed video for the fix. First step is to remove this bracket
There is some green stuff around the screws and these suckers ain't moving. Any tips (actone and heat from a soldering iron were no help).
Thanks
Oiled it up. Plays and sounds great. However, the pinch roller needs to be pushed into place. Common problem with this deck. Found a detailed video for the fix. First step is to remove this bracket
There is some green stuff around the screws and these suckers ain't moving. Any tips (actone and heat from a soldering iron were no help).
Thanks
DynaudIo Evoke 30, VPI Prime, Soundsmith Zephyr MKIII, PS audio Stellar phono pre, McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold, ARC LS-17se, Eversolo dmp A8, MIT AVT MA ic’s and speaker cables, ps audio stellar power plant 3
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The internet says green loctite and heat should do the trick- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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The internet says green loctite and heat should do the trick
What do you think would be the best way to apply the heat?. Maybe I didn't keep the soldering iron on long enoughDynaudIo Evoke 30, VPI Prime, Soundsmith Zephyr MKIII, PS audio Stellar phono pre, McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold, ARC LS-17se, Eversolo dmp A8, MIT AVT MA ic’s and speaker cables, ps audio stellar power plant 3 -
or hot enough, what is your top temp? -
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I'd think a nice, wide chisel tip is what you want to use in order to get the best heat dissipation."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
When I was a ski technician I often had to carefully remove screws in expensive bindings that had been epoxied in place. I would hold a long-shafted screwdriver in the top of the frozen screw and apply heat to the lower part of the screwdriver shaft with a mini torch. This would allow the heat to conduct into the screw head in a somewhat controlled fashion. I don't know about doing this inside a tape deck... sounds risky. But it worked with skis when nothing else would.
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I find these to ve very helpful when I need a lot of heat in a small place. Mini butane torch. Ever since I gave up crack mine never gets used much
kidding!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Small-Butane-Torch-Lighter-Portable-Plastic-Fire-Ignition-Burner-Tool/212398130?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101033123&&adid=22222222228000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=42423897272&wl4=pla-51320962143&wl5=9022128&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=256612882&wl11=online&wl12=212398130&veh=sem&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7tW5i4eS7AIVDY-GCh0EjgXLEAQYCCABEgItU_D_BwE
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You're gonna laugh.. but did you try a 1/4 inch hex drive impact screwdriver? I've been amazed at the power and grace with which the one I have (a Milwaukee) works. I never strip out screw heads anymore.
That TEAC is a surpisingly nice deck. An old friend of ours gave me his, from his college days. It has the same "issue" but it sounds really, really good with no restoration. I loaned it to a hifi colleague who uses it regularly.
DSC_9928 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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Agree Doc I love mine. I wouldn't of thought about on this as it's kind of delicate item that teac.Post edited by pitdogg2 on
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Well thanks. My son in law brought over an impact driver and a heat gun with a focusing nozzle. But it may be best to just keep manually moving itDynaudIo Evoke 30, VPI Prime, Soundsmith Zephyr MKIII, PS audio Stellar phono pre, McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold, ARC LS-17se, Eversolo dmp A8, MIT AVT MA ic’s and speaker cables, ps audio stellar power plant 3
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well, the other time-honored trick, with a good-fitting screwdriver, is to give the driver a few firm but careful taps (OK...whacks) with a small hammer to loosen things up.
It might (????) be worth mentioning the difference between US "philips" head screws & driver bits vs. the JIS standard cross-point drivers and screw heads? I read on the internet (so it must be true!) that the path to enlightenment and fulfillment in working on Japanese electronics includes a set of JIS crosspoint screwdrivers.
Nope, I don't have any.
I am still pretty much a Neanderthal-grade tool user. Maybe even Austalopithecus-grade.
https://www.vesseltools.com/handtools/screwdrivers/jis-japanese-industrial-standard
