A lot of times I just loosen the other screws up, not even take them out, 
just loosen them and the hard screw goes in no problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: VGS1 installation on second TMV71A


> well, with anything mechanical, if the screw won't thread, you certainly
> don't force it.
> If it refuses to thread, it's better to leave it out.
> Was this person helping you a heavy duty mechanic or something? you never
> force a screw so much that you strip the head off it with radio equipment.
> It's not like you can take a hax saw or blow torch to it later to get the
> thing apart like you can with a D8 cat.
> The way I deal with a screw that doesn't want to thread back into a hole
> that it recently threaded just fine out of, is to take all the other 
> screws
> that I've already put in, out, and put the difficult one in.  Usually its
> just a very slight miss alignment of the panel and the screw hole causing
> issues.
> If you put the difficult one in all by itself, it'll usually go in real
> smooth and the rest will go in as normal as well.
> Never ever just force the difficult screw in or you will end up with
> stripped heads and stripped threads and that isn't fun when your dealing
> with 3/16 screw sizes.
> As for the foam pad, they're always a pain in the rear especially if you
> don't keep a long nail for that purpose or if you don't sit there and 
> fiddle
> with it for half an hour.
> I also use my teeth to get those off sometimes.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 3:22 PM
> Subject: VGS1 installation on second TMV71A
>
>
>> Hi, Folks.
>>
>> Well, today, with some sighted assistance, I was able to get the VGS1
> voice
>> chip installed in my second TMV71A.
>>
>> However, I guess I wasn't quite as lucky as Gary and some others out 
>> there
>> who have tried it without a hitch.
>>
>> I had two problems, and I'm pointing them out for anyone who tries it in
> the
>> future:
>>
>> 1.  We had a problem with the rectangular foam pad that is supposed to go
>> over the top of the chip.  The problem was that the smooth backing on the
>> pad did not remove easily at all, and, in the end, the adhesive part of
> the
>> pad came off of the pad itself.  We managed to get it back on well enough
> to
>> secure the pad to the top of the voice chip, and the fact that the radio
>> cover keeps it in place should help secure the chip even further.  But, 
>> it
>> was a bit tricky to get that pad to co-operate just right.
>>
>> and, here's the problem I'm a bit more concerned about:
>>
>> 2.  My helper, when putting the eight screws back on the radio cover to
>> complete the installation process said that one of the screws didn't seem
> to
>> thread properly, and now, when I try to get the screw out, it appears 
>> that
>> the Philips head is worn off.  I can get the seven other screws out, but
> not
>> the eighth one.  If anyone has suggestions as to how I might get that
> eighth
>> and final screw out of there, I'll remove it and then look for a
>> replacement.  I'm not planning to take the cover off the radio again,
> unless
>> absolutely necessary, but I'd at least like to have that capability.
>>
>> So, in short, the VGS1 install went well, but not without complications,
>> even with sighted assistance.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>>
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