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Old 05-13-2014, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by CENTRAL
Now, this is my present for I don't know what...

Trying to remove the screws underneath the battery posts so that I could add extra spacers and make them 2mm taller, I got one of the screws damaged.

There was thread lock in there, since the posts are aluminum.

I did use proper tools and all. But it still happened.

Chassis is carbon on the 502X.

Anyone knows what to do to recover? - I need the screw removed.
You can use an ez out tool or do what most RC racers do. Use a small cut off wheel to grind a clean line on the head of the screw. Turning it into a flat head screw basically then use a flat head blade to remove it. Try to remove it as soon as you are done cutting the groove. It will be hot and loosen the loctite.
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