Fishbone plus velocity deck

[Nightwalker]

Oh dear. It appears that my one screw on my fishbones build deck is kapoot. Can unscrew or pull out all the way it tighten. Any way to fix this?

 

[shaunnadan]

Has the head of the screw stripped ?

 

[Nightwalker]

Has the head of the screw stripped ?

It has. And came like that. I can't exchange it. Shop is 800km away

 

[shaunnadan]

Is it a grub screw?

Sometimes you can find a bigger allenkey and force it to loosen. I have a deck that uses 2 sets of Allen keys to build because the grub screws have started to widen

 

[Nightwalker]

Is it a grub screw?

Sometimes you can find a bigger allenkey and force it to loosen. I have a deck that uses 2 sets of Allen keys to build because the grub screws have started to widen

Yes. Ill try that. Thanks bud

 

[Khan83]

Oh dear. It appears that my one screw on my fishbones build deck is kapoot. Can unscrew or pull out all the way it tighten. Any way to fix this?

@shaun patrick , Have you tried the rubber band method? Place a rubber band over the screw head & press down over it with your allen key , then unscrew.

Worked for me when I stripped the phillips screw head on the subtank rba .

 

[Nightwalker]

@shaun patrick , Have you tried the rubber band method? Place a rubber band over the screw head & press down over it with your allen key , then unscrew.
I will definitely try this.

Worked for me when I stripped the phillips screw head on the subtank rba .

 

[shaunnadan]

@shaun patrick , Have you tried the rubber band method? Place a rubber band over the screw head & press down over it with your allen key , then unscrew.

Worked for me when I stripped the phillips screw head on the subtank rba .

Thank for that tip! It actually works amazingly well. I stripped a carb nut so I wrapped it in a piece of rubber glove and used a vice and it loosened perfectly

 

[Khan83]

Thank for that tip! It actually works amazingly well. I stripped a carb nut so I wrapped it in a piece of rubber glove and used a vice and it loosened perfectly

Glad to know it worked. Never bothered to try it on bigger jobs cos I assumed it wouldn't work. Sadly many brave drill bits were once sacrificed trying to remove a worn out throttle bolt

 

[shaunnadan]

Glad to know it worked. Never bothered to try it on bigger jobs cos I assumed it wouldn't work. Sadly many brave drill bits were once sacrificed trying to remove a worn out throttle bolt

I had a set of carb bolts that were all a bit stretched and an old set of spammers that were also worn out. Used to take me a good 20-30min just to take the carb off.

Then went out and got new studs and a curved spanner. Literally 5min swap for dual carbs now !

 

[Khan83]

I had a set of carb bolts that were all a bit stretched and an old set of spammers that were also worn out. Used to take me a good 20-30min just to take the carb off.

Then went out and got new studs and a curved spanner. Literally 5min swap for dual carbs now !

Right tools for the right job I guess . Macgyvering it sometimes causes more headaches in the long run

 

[shaunnadan]

Right tools for the right job I guess . Macgyvering it sometimes causes more headaches in the long run

I had a water pump pliers that I used for everything when I was building the lotus ! Never for anything even remotely related to water , lol

 

[Wyvern]

Wait you built a lotus? Which one?

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[shaunnadan]

Wait you built a lotus? Which one?

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[gman211991]

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What ya running in there? My guess would be a 4 age 16v? Or maybe a 20v?

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[Wyvern]

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Well done my dad races a lotus seven replica so I have a soft spot for all lotuses

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[shaunnadan]

What ya running in there? My guess would be a 4 age 16v? Or maybe a 20v?

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Ford cosworth with 40 Weber sidies

 

[shaunnadan]

Well done my dad races a lotus seven replica so I have a soft spot for all lotuses

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Where does he race ? Is he a member of the lotus register ?

 

[gman211991]

Ford cosworth with 40 Weber sidies

Damn nice

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Only thing nicer is 4age formula Atlantic

 

[Wyvern]

Where does he race ? Is he a member of the lotus register ?

I know he was, sure that he still is. He races at Killarney mainly and then once a year in PE. He built the 7 and an elan he found in the middle of nowhere neglected.