DANO Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 What should have taken me 10 min to remove and reinstall 6 screws turned into a 3 day wait, drilling and tapping as well as dremeling the new cover. In retrospect, I should have just ordered the new 704 sticker and save me the frustration! That being said I love the new handle and cover, just glad it worked out.screw heads broke off on both, had to drill them out. Tapped them with 8-32 tap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadd Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Yep been down that road! Where did you get just the new handle and cover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANO Posted September 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Boats.net and Amazon. What I do is look up exploded view for 704 remote, get the part numbers then google them and see if Amazon has them. Originally the first cover I ordered was gray but I wanted black. So I re ordered it in black and gave the gray one to my buddy who has a gray binnacle. if that part number has a b0-00 at the end, the cover is gray, black ends in 00-00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANO Posted September 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Also able to order just the sticker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wanaflatsfish Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, DANO said: What should have taken me 10 min to remove and reinstall 6 screws turned into a 3 day wait, drilling and tapping as well as dremeling the new cover. In retrospect, I should have just ordered the new 704 sticker and save me the frustration! That being said I love the new handle and cover, just glad it worked out.screw heads broke off on both, had to drill them out. Tapped them with 8-32 tap Well done DANO Been there, done that dc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadd Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Thanks! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin-addict Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 May I ask what was the problem that it took so long. May be changing one out on a RF18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim33042 Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 I've had issues with corrosion with the screws that are under the cover.. if you are looking to do a changeout, first see if you can get the four smaller screws (black) to remove the cover.. they may not come out easily and if this is the case add some penetrating oil and wait a while to try again. If these first four screws come out, add penetrating oil to all stainless screws that are viewable under the cover ( that will need to be removed when you do a changeout) and add some no seize to those four black screws as well. I had removed the main four screws holding the unit to the console. Then added penetrating oil to the screws that were inside the console on the sides as well. I believe this helped when I finally had to change out the handle/trim switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANO Posted September 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Not that it took so long, jim33042 hit the nail on the head. The fact that the black outside screws all broke, left me having to break off the covering and vice gripping the remaining screws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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