Drive mounting screws for D8000 / LX-6A19 / Antec SLK3700AMB

mfeingol · Post by **mfeingol** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 9:20 am

I recently purchased a D8000 modded case from Coolcases.com. This case has the same chassis as the Compucase LX-6A19 and the Antec Antec SLK3700AMB. I like the case, and Jim did a good job with the mods.

One feature of the case that I particularly like is the rubber mounting slots for disk drives. For this purpose, the case comes with 20 or so screws of a type I hadn't seen before: longer than a standard case screw, with a non-threaded area next to the larger-than-usual flat head.

What I was wondering was how to get more of these screws, since they seem ideal for mounting drives on other cases with McMaster rubber grommets. I also have an Evercase, and these screws seem to work pretty well there too. Does anyone know the precise name for these screws, and where I might go about acquiring more?

marc999 · Post by **marc999** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:04 am

I don't know if you already tried this or not, but you could try contacting Jim from Coolcases. I bought a D8000 from him too and found him to be quite helpful. Anyway, if he can't himself, maybe at least he can point you in the right direction.

mfeingol · Post by **mfeingol** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 10:08 am

Yeah, Jim is cool.

I asked him, and his response was that he too was trying to get more of those screws, but that he didn't know the details I needed.

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Sat Jul 12, 2003 4:02 am

They're called "shoulder bolts" and are a standard type of bolt but this size is fairly wierd. You could look at Mcmaster and see if you could match it. I think the thread is 6-32, then you'd have to measure the diameter and length of the shoulder section as well. With that info you could search for them.