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Re: [OM] Best way to remove stuck motor drive cap on OM-2

Subject: Re: [OM] Best way to remove stuck motor drive cap on OM-2
From: dreammoose <dreammoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:23:37 -0700
Some of the little 5-6 screwdriver sets in plastic boxes sold by Radio Shack and others have cross point drivers. The one they call Crosspoint #0 is perfect for most Oly screws.

Fortunately, if your MD cover is really messed up, wonderful replica versions (some say better than the originals) are available from Beljan Mfg. in regular *Bay dutch auctions. They were completely unavailable for years.

Moose

Mark Dapoz wrote:

Yes, cross-point screws are not the same as phillips screws.  You may be
able to remove a cross-point screw with a phillips driver, but you run the
risk of damaging the screw.  There are two key differences between a
cross-point driver and a phillips driver.  A cross point has a flat bottom
whereas a phillips ends in a point.  In addition, the pitch of the blades
are somewhat different between the two.  Sometimes you can get away with
grinding away the tip of a phillips driver to make it fit better.  It'll
probably work for 990f cross-point screws, but it'll fail at the worst
time, when the screw is really tight.  That's when the head gets stripped,
then you're really screwed (pun intended :-).



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