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From: Steve_Karl on 21 May 2010 18:35
Snap the heads off the screws with a good pair of cutters.


"Ben Berman" <no(a)thanks.net> wrote in message news:4bf70a21$0$21869$607ed4bc(a)cv.net...
>. . . because I am all thumbs mechanically.
>
> I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs
> underneath. I can even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-(
>
> Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr.
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcome, 'cause it's gonna give me my chance to format NTFS and reinstall Windows, as Sue advised me
> to do about a year ago 8-)
>
> bzb
>
> --
> THE SONG FACTORY
> Words and Music, made to order(TM)
>
> WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com


From: Steve_Karl on 21 May 2010 18:36
Then when you put the standoffs back in use Elmers Glue ( in a pinch ) or loctite.



"Steve_Karl" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message news:ht71qq$661$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Snap the heads off the screws with a good pair of cutters.
>
>
> "Ben Berman" <no(a)thanks.net> wrote in message news:4bf70a21$0$21869$607ed4bc(a)cv.net...
>>. . . because I am all thumbs mechanically.
>>
>> I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs
>> underneath. I can even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-(
>>
>> Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr.
>>
>> Any and all suggestions are welcome, 'cause it's gonna give me my chance to format NTFS and reinstall Windows, as Sue advised me
>> to do about a year ago 8-)
>>
>> bzb
>>
>> --
>> THE SONG FACTORY
>> Words and Music, made to order(TM)
>>
>> WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com
>
>


From: Steve_Karl on 26 May 2010 06:46

"Ben Berman" <no(a)thanks.net> wrote in message news:4bfcb4cb$0$22183$607ed4bc(a)cv.net...

> a few that fit the holes but were a bit small, so Steve's suggestion for loctite came in handy - I'd never heard of this stuff
> before.
>

I didscovered it when owning a Triumph Bonniville and trying to keep the muffler
bolts from shaking loose every 20 miles. :-)
It's great stuff.

S


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