VpR81 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Posted March 5, 2020 Use a hairdryer at full to heat up the Loctite before you unscrew the screws. Makes life easier. But only the blue, for red Loctite you will need a bunsen burner instead of a hairdryer ;) Phanteks EvolvX / Win 11 / i9 12900K / MSI Z690 Carbon / MSI Suprim RTX 3090 / 64GB G.Skill Trident Z DDR5-6000 / 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD / 2TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD / 2TB SATA SSD / 1TB SATA SSD / Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora Pro 360 / beQuiet StraightPower 1200W RSEAT S1 / VPC T50 CM2 + 300mm extension + Realsimulator F18 CGRH / VPC WarBRD + TM Warthog grip / WinWing F/A-18 Super Taurus + F-15EX / 4x TM Cougar MFD / Slaw Device RX Viper V3 / HP Reverb G2
X-31_VECTOR Posted March 5, 2020 Posted March 5, 2020 Great point about the heat! I've used a soldering iron applied to the head of a screw to break red. Each one has a temp above which it will break down, and it's higher for the red -- 250C/500F. There should be support groups for people who have had to remove tiny, soft screws held in with red threadlocker. "The horror..."
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