Overtightening screws does that. Plus, transparent plastics tend to be more brittle, so you have to be more careful. Been re-shelling some gameboys and the exact issue cropped up with shells cracking at the screw holes. Guy I follow on youtube recommends screwing them all the way then loosening them a quarter of a turn. Might help lessen the stress.
Guy I follow on youtube recommends screwing them all the way then loosening them a quarter of a turn.
Or … just don’t crank them in all the way. They’re supposed to hold two pieces of plastic together that are clipped together anyways. So the screws are even there as backup. Just tighten as much as they don’t fall out.
@romano Since you are backing the screws off a bit wouldn’t a bit of threadlocker on each screw help hold everything securely with less risk of damage?
What does that solve? Isn’t the whole purpose of a threadlocker to keep the screw in place? I can imagine that plastics are soft enough that they keep the screws in place on their own. As far as I know, and from my own experience, there’s been no trouble with screws loosening over time in those consoles, so I don’t know how adding threadlocker would help.
That’s pretty cool. I wish more devices had brass inserts. I kinda hate the idea of screwing into plastic. Anyway, do whatever you feel you need. I don’t think it’d get loose even with daily usage, but I might be wrong.
Overtightening screws does that. Plus, transparent plastics tend to be more brittle, so you have to be more careful. Been re-shelling some gameboys and the exact issue cropped up with shells cracking at the screw holes. Guy I follow on youtube recommends screwing them all the way then loosening them a quarter of a turn. Might help lessen the stress.
Or … just don’t crank them in all the way. They’re supposed to hold two pieces of plastic together that are clipped together anyways. So the screws are even there as backup. Just tighten as much as they don’t fall out.
@romano Since you are backing the screws off a bit wouldn’t a bit of threadlocker on each screw help hold everything securely with less risk of damage?
What does that solve? Isn’t the whole purpose of a threadlocker to keep the screw in place? I can imagine that plastics are soft enough that they keep the screws in place on their own. As far as I know, and from my own experience, there’s been no trouble with screws loosening over time in those consoles, so I don’t know how adding threadlocker would help.
A potential problem of the screw backing itself out.
The model in question has metal screw bosses.
That’s pretty cool. I wish more devices had brass inserts. I kinda hate the idea of screwing into plastic. Anyway, do whatever you feel you need. I don’t think it’d get loose even with daily usage, but I might be wrong.