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6yearrez
Citizen
Username: 6yearrez
Post Number: 15
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 11:52 pm: |     |
Help! We ordered a car stereo for our 1998 Maxima from Crutchfield.com. They sent great detailed instructions, and we have been busy dismantling the assemblies and are at the point of taking the busted factory-installed (Bose)radio out from its brackets, so we can put in the new radio. We were able to get everything apart as needed but we just can't loosen the screws from the brackets! There are 8 screws (4 on each side of the radio) that seem to be what's holding the radio in, and they just won't turn! We've tried regular screwdrivers, we've tried our power screwdriver (on the electric drill), we've tried it in reverse, anything you can imagine. Also just tried using Liquid Wrench to see if maybe the screws are rusted in or something (they look fine but you never know).
Anyone have any ideas before we put the whole darn thing back together and pay a fortune to have a car stereo place change the radio for us? We can't believe that we are stuck because we can't turn the screws!!
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 166
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 9:54 am: | |
Get a pair of needle nose vise grips and turn them off.... Sears also sells a tool called screw out.
Michael K. Mc Kell
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6yearrez
Citizen
Username: 6yearrez
Post Number: 16
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 11:05 am: | |
thanks for replying!!
...Needle nose vise grips... sounds like at least part of the head of the screw would need to be "grabbable" - these screws are metal flush with the metal bracket. Nothing to grab. Does that make sense?)
What is "screw out"?
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Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 532
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 11:11 am: | |
I would use the Screwdriver attachment on a ratchet, then use a piece of pipe to gain more leverage. The “Righty tighty lefty loosey” rule should apply because it’s a Bose. Worse case the screw head will break off and you can drill the screw out. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 71
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 8:42 pm: | |
If you need a hand taking the head unit out, private line me, and leave a tel. #.
I've taken more than a few Nissan dashboards apart.
TomR. |
6yearrez
Citizen
Username: 6yearrez
Post Number: 17
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 28, 2003 - 11:00 pm: | |
Thanks so much, everyone!
We have finally had success replacing the radio. It took a very specific size Phillips head plus a bit of drilling of the screw to get more leverage. It's taken (many) more hours than expected but we did it, mostly because of advice and help from friends and you folks online here (what a great board!!)
TomR, we are trying now to get all the pieces back together into the dash and may call on your for assistance if we are stuck again. Are you experienced in putting it all back together?
Oh, the best part is... the new radio works! BTW- with all these warnings that "you can't replace a Bose in a Nissan without replacing the speakers too"- that wasn't true, we got an adapter through Crutchfield (the tech support there has been great!) -- we didn't have to replace the speakers. Maybe we don't have the "best" sound quality and control we could have, but we do get radio disney LOL!
TY to all!! |
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