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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

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