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(Gladiator NXT) Base plate screw specs?

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:17
by lmhariano
While assembling the Gladiator NXT Premium L I've just purchased, I noticed that one of the chromed Allen screws used for securing the base plate arrived with the hex faces rounded off:

Rounded-off screw - redu.jpg
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In this condition, I find it impossible to install the screw. All other 3 screws worked with no problem at all. Since shipping from China/Russia/whatever to here (Argentina) is slow and very expensive, I'd prefer to go to any hardware store here and buy this screw. I have two questions here:

1) Which screw should I buy? I mean, diameter, pitch and length? Looks like an M2 x 8 mm, but I'm not sure.
2) In the meantime, which one of the 4 holes in the base plate can I leave unscrewed?

Re: (Gladiator NXT) Base plate screw specs?

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:35
by fallout9
Sorry about that Luis :( The screw is actually M3x10mm.
It is perfectly safe to run with only 3 screws on the base place unless your joystick is mounted.

Re: (Gladiator NXT) Base plate screw specs?

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 15:34
by lmhariano
Thanks a lot! I'll search for this screw then. My OCD prevents me from having one screw less :lol:

Re: (Gladiator NXT) Base plate screw specs?

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:45
by AeroGator
lmhariano wrote:prevents me from having one screw less

Known issue brother, known issue... 8)