Peter Parry wrote:
>
>> Unless you have tried really hard there is a good chance there are >> [snip] > >
> Well time to swallow my pride then. I sorted it last night, I purchased
> one hacksaw to attempt the screwdriver trick, but as I was in the
> hardware shop I absent mindedly thought I'd buy a *proper* set of allen > keys too. >
> Guess what; the proper 3mm sized allen key worked first time after all.
> So my problem all along was using the wrong size key blind due to
> wanting to get the job done quickly.
>
Yup.
You need metric AND imperial keys. Same with spanners.
1/16" is 1.6mm. 1.5mm slips... 3/32" is 2.4mm...slips in a 2.5mm.. 7/64" is 2.8mm ...slips in a 3mm..1/8" is 3.2mm...and a 3mm will slip...
As I said before, it's all part of _the learning experience_ :D
>
> Dan