[TowerTalk] HyGain HDR300 removal stalled due to stuck setscrew

Don w7wll at arrl.net
Thu Aug 29 13:55:40 EDT 2019


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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