Screws

[citizen020]

Does anyone know what size the screws on the receptor casing are? I need to replace ones that have fallen out, and I can't find the same size anywhere in the UK. Are they some US-only imperial size?

[Kermit Jagger]

If you find anything, please report here as I'm also looking for this sort of size in the UK.

[citizen020]

I had this reply from Muse on their online support:

"Hi Malcolm,

I believe you can not find them on the market here in the US. We can send
a few if you need. How many do you need?

They cost $1 each. Let me know."

Can you believe that? They've used a non-standard size of screw, and they'll charge you a dollar per screw if you need to replace them...

[c3boy]

That's pretty shoddy charging for screws. Ultimate Support the keyboard stand makers will send you the rubber blocks for nothing if you lose them off the stand. Can't you take one to your local B&Q (UK company) and see if they have anything, or have you tried that?

Why should you have to pay for a screw these days?

Answers on the inside of a telephone box please......

[tattiemannie]

If the screws have a tendency to 'fall out', then you might be well advised to replace them with bigger ones! ... Still be less than $1 each!

[citizen020]

I've tried taking an example to lots of hardware shops, but it seems to be a non-standard size, as the support response seems to suggest. I ended up getting slightly smaller (M3) but they don't really do the job. Maybe getting a slightly bigger size is the way to go. Someone else on the forum suggested Loctite Threadlocker Blue to keep the screws in - I'll give that a go on the remaining screws.

[tattiemannie]

Otherwise, get a nail, hammer it half way in, then bend the remainer round the edge of the case ... that would do it I reckon.

[citizen020]

I've since had another reply on the support ticket:

"FYI- 6-32 Phillips flat head

length is 5mm
diameter is 3.5mm
thread is 1/32

hope this helps,"

So maybe I was too quick to curse Muse, and maybe they read these forums...

[Meffy]

#6-32 is a standard SAE size, easily got at any US hardware store. If you want hardened ones they'll cost more than cheap mild steel but ought not to be terribly expensive even so. I'd expect them to cost maybe 50, 60 cents each for high-quality, heat-treated steel. Cheap ones, more like $1 for 8 or 12 in a little bag. Getting them to the UK would be the only costly thing. $1 each for good quality ones isn't unreasonable, considering.