Gareth Magennis wrote in message
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I will also have to suss out a way of heating the bolts to soften the
glue - all around is plastic, so I though perhaps inserting the Torx
screwdriver into the head and heating the screwdriver blade?



Gareth.

Use a soldering iron !

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Best Regards:
Baron.



Hmm, you are probably right.

I'm still in paranoid mode, trying not to damage tiny delicate things that
don't belong to me.
The bolts appear to screw into threaded inserts, and I fear if I applied
too
much heat, I'd strip the inserts from the mic, rather than free the bolt
from the inserts.

I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but am slightly leaning towards the
distinct possibility that Sennheiser do not want third parties repairing
their microphones.


Gareth.





But it only takes one person to crack it and divulge to wwwland and their
competitive advantage is lost - strange old world

Is there in enough facetting left in the TORX holes to grind down an Allen
key to near enough match to get enough purchase. Preceeded by heating with a
soldering iron a timed number of seconds, gradually getting more adventurous
with the seconds on repeated attempts, after cooling off periods

Drilling out is likely to heat up anyway in a less controllable way. If you
do drill out use a left hand drill bit (if unavailable from an engineering
supplier then regrind a normal one with the other set/rake) and left hand
action drill