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Hi all,
I went to remove my 961 fuel tank today, as I've done several times in the past. However, I couldn't get one of the front fixing screws out due to the captive thread fixing in the tank spinning round with the screw. As I said, the tank has been off many times in the past & I'm always extremely careful when re-assembling anything. As such, I'm absolutely certain the thread is not cross threaded or was overtightened etc. I always re-fit threaded parts using finger & thumb only as far as they will go first before using a tool to nip them up & then I only tighten as far as necessary, particularly where captive fixings like these are concerned. Therefore I can only assume that, for whatever reason, the plastic around the fixing has failed. VERY FRUSTRATING.!!
So, has anyone else suffered this same issue &, if so, how did you manage to overcome it? With the rubber trim prised away, there is enough width to get a saw blade in & cut through the stepped shoulder of the screw, but I would rather not do this because it would leave me with the headache of having the cut off end of the screw left in the captive fixing. I have tried quick bursts with a cordless drill whilst tweaking the tank in various directions to see if that would get it moving but with no joy, the captive just spins with the screw every time. My hope is that if I can get this screw out I can then cut a groove around the captive fixing & reset it in place with an epoxy adhesive etc.
Any help or ideas greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
I went to remove my 961 fuel tank today, as I've done several times in the past. However, I couldn't get one of the front fixing screws out due to the captive thread fixing in the tank spinning round with the screw. As I said, the tank has been off many times in the past & I'm always extremely careful when re-assembling anything. As such, I'm absolutely certain the thread is not cross threaded or was overtightened etc. I always re-fit threaded parts using finger & thumb only as far as they will go first before using a tool to nip them up & then I only tighten as far as necessary, particularly where captive fixings like these are concerned. Therefore I can only assume that, for whatever reason, the plastic around the fixing has failed. VERY FRUSTRATING.!!
So, has anyone else suffered this same issue &, if so, how did you manage to overcome it? With the rubber trim prised away, there is enough width to get a saw blade in & cut through the stepped shoulder of the screw, but I would rather not do this because it would leave me with the headache of having the cut off end of the screw left in the captive fixing. I have tried quick bursts with a cordless drill whilst tweaking the tank in various directions to see if that would get it moving but with no joy, the captive just spins with the screw every time. My hope is that if I can get this screw out I can then cut a groove around the captive fixing & reset it in place with an epoxy adhesive etc.
Any help or ideas greatly appreciated.
Cheers!