Hi All,

Can anyone tell me where I can get a hold of 2 complete sets of case and motherboard screws for the Enterprise?  I have a 128 and a 64 both without any screws holding them together...

I also need the little rubber joystick ring that sits below the joystick on my 64, and also a joystick cap?

Alternatively, can anyone tell me what size of screws are required?

Thanks!

Mark.

A brief description of the screws used can be found on page 40 of the "Enterprise-Code-Book_Parts-and-Suppliers" on Zozo's Enterprise information page:

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And, are they good for the task? Are, they exactly the same or similar?

I also need the little rubber joystick ring that sits below the joystick on my 64, and also a joystick cap?

Are you still looking for these?

It looks to me though that the new screw has a smaller pitch (finer) thread than the original. The original screws look at though they are self-tapping ie. the EP case was made with a straight-sided hole and the screw cut its own thread in the sides of the hole. If you take one out and put it back, it will use the same thread. But if you use one of the new screws it will try to cut a new thread through the old thread. I'd guess it will work but have a weak grip. If you then use an original screw in the same hole the thread will start to get really mangled and eventually neither screw will hold. I don't have anything better though.   And keep in mind the original screw might not be a metric size

Neither of the two is Metric, Whitworth or Pipe(triangle shape), the original is intended for self tapping plastic holes(softer), while the Chinese one is intended for metal sheet(harder), and hence the smaller pitch.

Yes, of course, it is better to not use the two screw types indistinctly, the Chinese one only on the hole that has lost its screw, but I think it is better to have one of these than nothing. On a "normal" use, the EP is opened very rarely. Like Zozo said, even the original screws will get loose after opening the machine dozen times. It is better, if the machine has to be opened frequently, to leave the screws not totally tight when closing it.

This is a good opportunity for keyboardjunkie(on the first commentary), who asked for 2 complete sets of screws.

   

I have trimmed the tip on some of them:


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The original one at the left.