Had to snake a vintage tub (1950s) took over flow plate off. All was fine until reassembling plate cover. Special screws are about 3/4 inch long with a square tip did not tighten up. Hardware and Homecenters offer replacement cover plates with bolts that are standard in design and an inch too long. The overflow plate bracket has no holes to accept bolts of the length Cast Iron tub / galvanized plumbing is ok in other respects. No service panel - area above tub is tiled.
Answers:
try cuting the new screws"wont hurt" you might have to tap them "tap & dye set"but if that don,t work look up the tub name on line and see if they are still around and if not let me know and i,ll find another way for you,,,,,,just don,t bang up the tub trying.
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