BeoSound 9000: Torx screw in glass-door hinge stuck ?

[KolfMAKER]

I have a BeoSound 9000, type 2571.

I need to remove the glass door to solve a CD-issue. So I need to loosen the 2 Torx-8 screws in the glass door hinges. The top hinge was easy to loosen, but the Torx screw in the bottom hinge seems very much stuck.

What I have tried:

• Applying WD-40 ‘anti corrosion lock lubricant’.
• Heating the inside of the Torx screw, by inserting the tip of a soldering iron.

Unfortunately, both did not work so far. And I want to be careful not to damage the Torx by putting too much pressure.

Question

Does anyone have experience loosening this stuck Torx screw?

 

Location: The Netherlands

[B&O Orlando]

I’m curious if this screw is not the original. I don’t think I have ever seen a silver screw here – only black. This is only a set screw so it is just threaded into plastic and not metal. With enough torque it should budge, but I wouldn’t want to put too much pressure on the plastic lifter it is threaded into. Tricky.

Location: Winter Park, FL
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[KolfMAKER]

Thanks @B&O Orlando

I think you are right about the color. I took another look and compared the Torx screws from both hinges. The right/upper one (the losse one) is certainly black, and the left/lower one looks grey. So like you said, probably not original.

     

I have let the ‘WD-40 anti corrosion lock lubricant’ do its work overnight, but unfortunately still no movement.
Hopefully I can get a Torx-8 screw driver with a T-handgrip, to get a bit more force. But like you said, it is tricky.

Question

If this doesn’t work, I might have to drill the Torx-screw out, but then also replace the hinge (part) in which it sits.
But:

1. Is this a possibility?
2. Is the hinge part available?
3. About the CD Laser Pickup: the Service Manual mentions ‘CD VAM 1250 from serial no. 15143261’. So this means I need a VAM 1250 for this BeoSound 9000 MK3?

Location: The Netherlands

[matador]

Hi,

I’m not good at physics but would’nt heating the screw make it expand? Would’nt you heat the piece where the screw goes?.

If that piece in in plastic as told by B&O Orlando (I’ve knocked at mine and it may be possible) just an Hairdryer flow should work.

Let us know…

Location: Paris France

[KolfMAKER]

Good point M,

I have been very careful with using the soldering iron, and therefore I am sure nothing has melted.
My main focus has been on trying to get the ‘WD-40 anti corrosion lock lubricant’ to pull in. But with no result so far.

Question

Again, if this doesn’t work, I might have to drill the Torx-screw out, but then also replace the hinge (part) in which it sits.
But:

1. Is this a possibility?
2. Is the hinge part available?
3. About the CD Laser Pickup: the Service Manual mentions ‘CD VAM 1250 from serial no. 15143261’. So this means I need a VAM 1250 for this BeoSound 9000 MK3?

Location: The Netherlands

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