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- From: sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund)
- Subject: Re: How do you remove frozen, stripped screws?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.215659.11636@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- References: <1992Dec15.163308.28087@wdl.loral.com> <1gljrfINNdk6@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 21:56:59 GMT
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- In article <1gljrfINNdk6@gap.caltech.edu> hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker) writes:
- >csk@wdl50.wdl.loral.com (Chuck Kuczaj) writes:
- >
- >>I've tried penetrating oil, heat, hammers, and other things, but the
- >>basic problem is still the fact that one can't exert enough force on
- >>a stripped screw. Is there any kind of special tool, which when
- >>"clamped-on" to the exposed screw head, allows for the exertion of much
- >>greater torque? Obviously, I've tried using the "vice-grip method".
- >>What I'm looking for is a more optimal solution.
- >
- >If there is anything left of the original screw head, an impact screw
- >driver will work wonders.
- >
-
- and if that doesn't work, you can carefully drill down the center of
- the frozen/stripped screw, insert a reverse thread screw and as it tightens
- up it should draw the screw out
-
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