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Any good tips for removing a very stuck screw from a nickel plated Victor "fat" tapering tube ?

Trying to liberate the gooseneck from my 1918 XI.


Thanks !


Frank

Have you tried some kind of penetrating oil?

Not recently.

Also not sure where the threads are with the later arm.

De Soto Frank wrote:Any good tips for removing a very stuck screw from a nickel plated Victor "fat" tapering tube ?

I haven't done one in a while, but I have some feeling that these are screwed in backwards. Try turning in the other direction.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this!

-Connor

De Soto Frank wrote:Not recently.

Also not sure where the threads are with the later arm.

Frank, what can you tell me about the earlier ("non-fat") Victor arm? I haven't been able to get the plug out of mine; I've tried turning it with a nickel (fits the slot!), but no luck. Is there a secret to this, or what am I not understanding? Thanks!

Henry

I like to use a heat gun to help remove difficult screws. It's been some time since I disassembled a fat Victrola arm but I don't think the threads are reversed. Jerry B.

For what it's worth, the threads are not reversed on these, but the old grease / oil often "glues" them in place. Try some penetrating oil and be sure you are using a screwdriver that fits the slot snugly or you might end up buggering up the end of the screw, a lesson I learned 30 years ago.

Sean

Henry wrote:

De Soto Frank wrote:Not recently.

Also not sure where the threads are with the later arm.

Frank, what can you tell me about the earlier ("non-fat") Victor arm? I haven't been able to get the plug out of mine; I've tried turning it with a nickel (fits the slot!), but no luck. Is there a secret to this, or what am I not understanding? Thanks!

Henry

Henry,

On the earlier tapering-arm with the big screw-plug, I've tried nothing bigger than a nickel and a pair of pliers.

I think I will try heat-gun or a big-&$$ 300-watt soldering iron that I have.



I have in my parts-bin somewhere, a Victor tapering-arm with the cross-tube broken-off at the solder joint, so I am more than a little careful now about putting too much muscle on that end of the assembly.

Sean & Jerry -

Thanks for your replies / suggestions.


I will try some heat on the Fat Arm / small-screw.


Helpful to know which direction the threads are (RH).


Will give it try and report back.


Frank

De Soto Frank wrote:

Henry wrote:

De Soto Frank wrote:Not recently.

Also not sure where the threads are with the later arm.

Frank, what can you tell me about the earlier ("non-fat") Victor arm? I haven't been able to get the plug out of mine; I've tried turning it with a nickel (fits the slot!), but no luck. Is there a secret to this, or what am I not understanding? Thanks!

Henry

Henry,

On the earlier tapering-arm with the big screw-plug, I've tried nothing bigger than a nickel and a pair of pliers.

I think I will try heat-gun or a big-&$$ 300-watt soldering iron that I have.



I have in my parts-bin somewhere, a Victor tapering-arm with the cross-tube broken-off at the solder joint, so I am more than a little careful now about putting too much muscle on that end of the assembly.

Frank, be careful with the big-a$$ iron---you don't want to melt the solder joint!

All things considered, I think maybe I should just leave well enough alone with the goose-neck plug. There's nothing wrong with it now, and I don't want to make problems where none existed! Thanks for the advice.