I was getting a scanning error and noticed print head loose so i loosened belt and fixed it but, when i went to replace the belt I had loosened it too much. After trying for a while to fix the problem i noticed I had stripped the screw and was unable to fix the tension.
In her original post she states that it is the pulley wheel for the carriage plate that she loosened to remove the belt so that she could clean the air assist fan. That is also the bolt she shows in her photo.
i’m trying to figure out where it is!! - i think the ‘L’ adapter and the screw remover is her best bet- even if she just uses a pliers, and not a drill.
Sally can take the screw to home depot, and see what size it is, even if they don’t sell the right screw she then can get one on amazon knowing its a metric.
you need to extract out the old screw before using a die on it (die fixes a bad thread)
i dont think the thread is bad, I think the screw head is FUBAR’ed