Upon inspection, the screw nut (the end that plugs into the hole of the display) moved out the other end causing the thread to be disconnected. So I took the piece out and used two pliers to bang it back in place. It worked but slowly moved it's way back to the other end hole. Eventually it happened to the left piece.
The solution:
I banged both pieces from underneath to push the screw nut upwards.
Then I soldered the hole underneath to prevent that happening again and covered them in tape just incase the solder comes off.
Wonderful, it worked until the last minute of putting everything back together. I heard a clicking sound and the display fell back again. Yes it was the right piece again. The thread on the nut and the thread in the display hole broke.
Another solution:
I tried plastic tie wraps. Worked for a little bit but came out. Paper threads that eventually got grinded up. I tried a lot of things that didn't work. Someone mentioned super glue as a joke. I tried that and it worked until after a certain amount of turns and then it became loose again. Using nail varnish to remove the super glue I tried another type of super glue for bonding metal but that was just useless and didn't hold.
I am not an expert in glues and I am out of ideas on this one. The only solution I can think of is to temporarily use the display at a certain angle (at the time when the glue is placed in the hole) and slowly make turns or think twice about turning the display.
Any thoughts or glue and thread knowledgeable around here?
This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 12 March 2007 - 10:15 PM