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Originally Posted by neallewis
Replace plastic part. Take care next time.
Use hand tools, and don't overtighten.
Tried a longer screw? depends on part of course.
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I was thinking back to my early days of RC (early 80s). I remember my old frog and hornet where most screws went into the plastic chassis and if I damaged something then my £1.25 a week paper-round often prevented my replacing it. Fixing things with matches, araldite, longer screws etc all came into play.
One of my proudest moments came when I broke the tub chassis on my Hotshot and discovered that the overall dimensions matched the 90mm square section drainpipes we were having replaced at the time. 1 * junior hacksaw later and I had a new chassis (that was easier to work on than the old Tamiya one).
Nowadays I can replace the part, but couldn't always...