Re: [TowerTalk] HyGain HDR300 removal stalled due to stuck setscrew

["Jim Dawson" <jdawson@jasystems.com>]

PB Blaster is good but nothing beats Aerokroil.

Jim - K9DD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <w7wll@arrl.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HyGain HDR300 removal stalled due to stuck setscrew


> PB Blaster, best solution for freeing metal to metal items I've found. 
> Tried many others before but none worked as well. Was put onto PB Blaster 
> by the USCG maintenance team down the coast in Charleston OR.
> Don W7WLL
>
> On 8/29/2019 10:02 AM, James Wolf wrote:
> > To help break loose the setscrew, put in an allen wrench and smack with 
> > it a
> > hammer to  break it loose.  You likely can't do it well with an angled
> > wrench, so cut the end off so you can tap it hard.  Hopefully that will
> > loosen the threads.   PB blaster soaked a few days will help too as just 
> > a
> > few minutes may not be enough.  If you have to try to drill It out, get a
> > left turning drill, it just may come out with the drill.
> >
> > Jim - KR9U
> >
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