Hello,
Can someone tell me the size screw I need and where to find it. Im isolating the motor on an Atlas HO S2 as in the recent article in MR but do not know what size to get or where to find them. Thanks for any help. Scotty
Scotty4592 Hello, Can someone tell me the size screw I need and where to find it. Im isolating the motor on an Atlas HO S2 as in the recent article in MR but do not know what size to get or where to find them. Thanks for any help. Scotty
I believe it's a 2mm screw. I assume you want a nylon screw for isolation. You could try eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/M2-2mm-Nylon-Pan-Round-Head-Phillips-Screws-Plastic-Machine-Screws-Black-/182177265455
I had 2-56 nylon screws, so for similar projects I retapped the motor for 2-56.
Gary
I have an Atlas S4, and the decoder I installed years ago (NCE?) came with kapton tape and a 2mm nylon screw. I've converted some older Atlas/Roco models since then, such as H10-44s and FP7s, and I used a nylon 2-56 screw and kapton tape off a roll. Just tapped the bottom screw hole with my 2-56 tap.
I did the same thing you did but had to file the tapped hole. The metal was raised by the tap and puntured the Kapton. I found out when I did an ohm meter test.
Rich
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