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Musical Fidelity Chassis Hardware... Type of Screw?
Hi, All,
I recently purchased a used Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 DAC (eBay). Works great, but... The previous owner apparently had removed (or TRIED to remove) the top cover, which is held in place by 14 black hex-head (allen) screws. The hex sockets on about half the screws are stripped, so a 2mm allen wrench will not grip the socket at all. The screws are ugly, with shiny silver showing, and I'd like to replace them for cosmetic reasons! I believe I will be able to remove the stripped screws if I purchase an extractor (sold by Stewart-MacDonald) designed to remove stripped allen screws on electric guitars. (Any suggestions on alternative methods of extracting stripped allen screws?? Without Drilling?!?) Anyway, what I need to know is exactly what kind of screws to order as replacements. From surfing the 'net I believe the screws are called "button head socket cap" screws, but I don't know what size. The screw heads are 5mm across, with 2mm hex sockets. The threaded part is about 6mm long with a fine thread. Does anyone know what this could be? "M3"? Anyone happen to know what type of screw Musical Fidelity uses? Thanks a bunch in advance for any advice! Ken |
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wrote in message ups.com... Hi, All, Just punch the old one right on through and use bigger self-tappers ! ;-) geoff |
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