OFarrell86 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I've noticed that on all the H100i's I've installed the screw holes strip very easily, I only ever tighten by hand so no over tightening can occur. I have ordered the new corsair LED SP fans but I'm really not looking forward to uninstalling the current SP fans as I just know the screw holes are going to strip. So my question to Corsair is this, Why can you not make the screw holes a little bit better, The quality at the moment is plain bad, The amount of people I know who have stripped their H80/H80i/H100/H100i/H105/H110 radiator screw holes by tightening by hand is ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 radiators including those for custom loops carry the same thickness of sheetmetal,,with any rad if its over tightened by even one revolution,its stripped,,,its a trait of any sheetmetal ,,the only option would be thicker metal so a machine thread could be used then people would complain about the price,,,IF these were made but of course they are not... hows it possible to tighten these screws by hand?:hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFarrell86 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 OR they could use a nut on the other side of the hole ;) You tighten them by hand first until it wont move anymore and then give them 1/4 turn with a small screw driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 no,,not a good way to do in the future tighten any sheetmetal screw while moving the rad,fan til the rad,fan gets snug with no movement,then go 1/4 turn--stop thats how i do it youll never strip another doing it this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFarrell86 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 no,,not a good way to do in the future tighten any sheetmetal screw while moving the rad,fan til the rad,fan gets snug with no movement,then go 1/4 turn--stop thats how i do it youll never strip another doing it this way. That's pretty much a reworded version of what I just said lol ;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 almost but what if you were 5x stronger than I? you would be tightening the screw more right?,,being your stronger. my way when theres no fan/rad movement then 1/4 turn can be applied by anyone one turn too much will strip every time and its very easy to do on sheetmetal where theres basically only one thread to begin with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFarrell86 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 almost but what if you were 5x stronger than I? you would be tightening the screw more right?,,being your stronger. my way when theres no fan/rad movement then 1/4 turn can be applied by anyone one turn too much will strip every time and its very easy to do on sheetmetal where theres basically only one thread to begin with... I see what your saying but I use very little pressure when tightening by hand, when there is zero movement between the fan and rad then I use a small screwdriver and turn it 1/4, Pretty much the same technique as you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 saying it like that then yes it is in all honesty tho,there are rads that have 3-4 threads but still being the screw is usually 6/32,,still easy to strip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFarrell86 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 saying it like that then yes it is in all honesty tho,there are rads that have 3-4 threads but still being the screw is usually 6/32,,still easy to strip For the amount of money we pay for these things there should be a solid nut at the other side of the screw hole, Would make stripping less of a problem as then you could just replace the nut :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 yeah in a perfect world id agree but you can always over size the hole in my newest build rather than use nuts i drilled,,tapped,threaded all my holes,,probably a couple dozen a 6/32 tap is a small hole to thread:D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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