Screw

[alexisdabest1]

hi iwas letting my car idle and then i realised a screw had come out, can you give me advice of where to look.

 

[flm_savage]

there should be a hole somewhere

 

[mjneid]

hi iwas letting my car idle and then i realised a screw had come out, can you give me advice of where to look.

Look in your manual for the car/truck and see what size and what style head it has. Then call your local hobby shop, i'm sure they'll have tons of them.

Heck i just bought a 3mm Allen Socket head for my Evo3 from Lowe's.....

if you do not have a manual check the manufacturer's web site for a PDF version.

 

[beason]

so you found the screw, or the empty hole? either way pics would help.

 

[alexisdabest1]

i found the screw but i can't find or thinkof where the screw came from

 

[Metalhead Matt]

If it's coarse threads, it came out of plastic. If it's fine, it came out of metal. Look around your engine mount first. You don't want to run while missing any of those.

 

[alexisdabest1]

If it's coarse threads, it came out of plastic. If it's fine, it came out of metal. Look around your engine mount first. You don't want to run while missing any of those.

its fine thread but all the screws for the engine are there, i dont want to run it incase something falls off.

 

[Racer 1966]

Knowing what vehicle and a pic of the screw may help but really flm_savage is right, You're going to have to find the empty hole.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

its fine thread but all the screws for the engine are there, i dont want to run it incase something falls off.

Running it would be one way to find out. Wait for something to fall off!

 

[alien13]

Running it would be one way to find out. Wait for something to fall off!

That's not as fun as you might think.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

It'd just cost ya money. Keep looking 'er over. You'll find it. Look at areas that are held together with multiple screws. Like the shock towers, bulk heads, tranny mount, ect...

 

[Rolex]

there should be a hole somewhere

That sounds pretty funny, but it's also true. If we have a pic of the screw, we'll also be able to help figure out where it goes...at least give us the length, type of head and the thread type.

 

[Racer 1966]

That's not as fun as you might think.

Well at least he didn't say you need to seal the engine.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

I'll get there. Locktite and rtv= better rc experience.

 

[alexisdabest1]

cheers all of u but i took my car to my lhs to get some spare parts and it turns out that my car doesent have that screw so lord only knows where thats came from. another problem with screws on my car is that if you dont get the right screwdriver first time you mishape the head and then theres no hope of getting them out. I've had to drill the screws out from the engine mounts 3 times so I'm sick to death of SCREWSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.