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- From: ming@enel.ucalgary.ca (Yang Ming)
- Subject: Re: How do you remove frozen, stripped screws?
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- Message-ID: <92Dec22.222949.20710@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 22:29:49 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.163308.28087@wdl.loral.com> <4189@eastman.UUCP>
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- In article <4189@eastman.UUCP> golder@homer.kodak.com (Patrick Golder) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec15.163308.28087@wdl.loral.com>, 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.
- >
- >The best one I ever heard is to weld a rod on the top of what's left
- >of the stud so that it is T-shaped. Then you have a handle with some
- >leverage. Of course, you need the welding equipment to do this.
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- Another way I have heard is to use impact screw driver. You use a hammer to
- hit the head of it, which converts the impact into turning force. Since
- the tip of the impact screw driver is on the screw, the tool gives a
- hold down force on the screw head as well as turns it.
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- Let me know if it works. Good luck.
-
- Ming
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