Screws?

[NJL!2016]

The screw on the side of my SL10 came out. Where can i get a replacement set of screws?

[exiii]

Yeah,

Ever since the last repair Sony performed on my T615 my screws have been loosening and falling out. I'm now missing two of them.

[PDA gadgetfreak]

If you can find some replacement screws you may want to try using some "locktite" on the threads (available at auto parts stores). I haven't tried it on a PDA but it keeps screws and bolts from coming loose. It comes in two types.....permanent and removable. Again....don't know of any potential pitfalls on using it, maybe another forum member has some experience with it.

[Aces]

Loctite is very useful in steel on steel situations.  On steel on plastic, it's less clear, since the curing action is a reaction with the metal.  Also I suspect that if you got the loctite to cure correctly, you'd nrever be able to remove the screws again without destroying the plastic.  If it's steel on aluminum, then there is a primer that can be used.  I'd check there website out more thoroughly before trying it.

<http://www.loctite.com/indexna.html>

[PDA gadgetfreak]

Thanks for the info Aces....I wasn't sure and that's why I said I'd never used it for that application and asked if any other members had experience with it.

[palmgeek]

Originally posted by PDA gadgetfreak
If you can find some replacement screws you may want to try using some "locktite" on the threads (available at auto parts stores). I haven't tried it on a PDA but it keeps screws and bolts from coming loose. It comes in two types.....permanent and removable. Again....don't know of any potential pitfalls on using it, maybe another forum member has some experience with it.

DON'T use LockTite on ANY plastic items.  It eats the plastic, and in a matter of minutes, the plastic which came in contact with the LockTite will amazingly crumble apart.  That's a FACT gleaned from experience! 

Don't use LockTite on plastics, unless the product is specifically made for plastics (and then again, based on my experiences, I still wouldn't take the chance).

 

ron

[PDA gadgetfreak]

I hope no one took my advice without thoroughly checking it out first. Appologies to all.

[NJL!2016]

Ok, I'll make sure i don't use Locktite. Will eyeglass screws work?

[exiii]

No worries. Sony actually used locktite on ONE of the screws. All the others were adhesive free.

[palmgeek]

There may be special LockTite products made for plastics, but that’s not generally the type you and I have laying around the house. I used the purple “medium hold, removable” stuff on an R/C car once. It seeped into the plastic, and ate the entire screw mounting hole. It just crumbled apart. That was years ago, and I had long forgotten about it. Last summer, at the local county fair, I lost a screw out of one of the legs on a folding camp chair (like the ones sold at Wal-Mart for $6). When we finally located the screw on the floor in the horse barn, I grabbed the old LockTite, and put it back together. Within minutes, someone was again sitting in the chair… and within seconds, she was sprawled out on the ground! It made for a huge laugh, and it was quite amusing to watch! She thought we set her up, but it was actually the LockTite doing its plastic disintegration trick one more time.

There’s two lessons to learn here;
1) If you use LocTite on plastic, make sure it is specifically labeled for that application, and;
2) If you want a huge laugh, and can spare a $6 Wal-Mart camp chair… oh, never mind.