ORIGINAL: SAVAGEJIM
ORIGINAL: bentuhley
My girlfriend bought me a Volcano 530 on ebay. The first day having it i started to get it set up and went to set my gear mesh. As i started to take out the screws underneath the engine the first screw broke before even begining to back out. Will it be harmfull to just leave that screw there and leave it secured by the other 3 screws? Other wise will Red Cat replace the engine it was brand new. I dont have a problem leaving it like this as long as it wont cause any harm. This picture should give a clearer understanding.
That is not good; do this: take off the other screws and remove the engine with mount.
If you can, try to extract the screw with a screw extractor
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...=Taps+%26+Dies
But unfortunately, I dont know if there are extractors small enough for our hobby screws.
If you are able to get the broken screw out, go to your hobby store and buy hex head screws to replace the phillips head screws. The hex heads will secure better and will be easier to extract, and they are less prone to stripping.
Also, while you are at the hobby store, buy some tread lock (like loc tite). You always want to loc-tite the engine mount screws, but take care not to put on too much, in you case, too much loc-tite might have been the cause why you twisted off the head of the screw that you broke.
just to clarify this for the guy, make sure it's blue lock-tite and not red, because red will not come off, or atleast not with out some hastle