Timeline for How to remove snapped screws holding radio?
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| Nov 10, 2023 at 2:58 | vote | accept | Moshe Katz | ||
| Aug 22, 2023 at 2:50 | comment | added | Moshe Katz | @WeatherVane They did not come with the replacement radio, I did reuse the screws that were already there from the previous radio. I don't know if they are the original screws from when the vehicle was assembled in 2012, because I bought this vehicle used, but they look exactly like the Ford OEM screws used in other places in the vehicle. | |
| Aug 21, 2023 at 16:53 | comment | added | Weather Vane | When you said "These are the original OEM radio screws" did you mean you re-used the original screws from the factory fitting, or they were new screws supplied with the replacement radio. If the former, you may have over stressed them. | |
| Aug 21, 2023 at 10:12 | comment | added | Moshe Katz | @HandyHowie I'm concerned about it dripping into the climate control and power plug wiring directly below, or damaging the dashboard plastic (something the can I have specifically warns about). | |
| Aug 21, 2023 at 5:48 | comment | added | HandyHowie | Have you tried adding a little oil to the nuts? | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 21:00 | answer | added | MTA | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 20:40 | comment | added | Moshe Katz | @MTA Yes, they are threaded into speed nuts. If I can find the correct size replacements, I will cut the speed nuts in half so I can remove them. No thread locking compound, just dissimilar metals - the nuts look like brass, and I can't tell what the screws are made of. (I've also never seen such weak screws on any other vehicle.) | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 20:33 | comment | added | MTA | Are they threaded into speednuts? Any thread locking compound involved? | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 20:08 | history | asked | Moshe Katz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |