Kraton stuck set/grub screw

[BruceRC]

I picked up new steering block for my V5. What a time I had with the set screw. I'm telling ya, I came onto er, not budging. I even tried a mini butane torch for like 15-20 seconds directly onto the screw. Still nothing. I went through the forum looking for folks with the same issue and came across this idea:

Set a timer for 5 minutes and tried again. Still not budging. Tried the flame for another 3 minutes and it just turned easily and came out.

New ADU steering block, one side done. Now to do that all over again.

 

[3x9rtse]

Soldering iron !! Works great !!!

 

[MrTitanium]

Direct heat and use quality hex driver to SLOWLY loosen. Clean threads and install new Traxxas drive pin as the Arrma units are garbage.

 

[BruceRC]

Direct heat and use quality hex driver to SLOWLY loosen. Clean threads and install new Traxxas drive pin as the Arrma units are garbage.

If you're patient, the candle works excellently. MIP driver for the win after about 8 minutes of heat. You really want to make sure you have smoothly caught the thread before tightening up. Seems like these are easy to cross-thread.

 

[KnowAir]

I bet it smells real niice now too!!
Glad ya got it out. When all hope is lost, I grab a nice fresh scent myself!

 

[BruceRC]

The other side was easy-peezy. Screw and pin both, came right out.

 

[332_RC]

I picked up new steering block for my V5. What a time I had with the set screw. I'm telling ya, I came onto er, not budging. I even tried a mini butane torch for like 15-20 seconds directly onto the screw. Still nothing. I went through the forum looking for folks with the same issue and came across this idea:

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Set a timer for 5 minutes and tried again. Still not budging. Tried the flame for another 3 minutes and it just turned easily and came out.

New ADU steering block, one side done. Now to do that all over again.
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Nice!!