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- From: tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu (Terry Quinn)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: How do you remove frozen, stripped screws?
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 22:04:43 -0600
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- > Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- > Subject: Re: How do you remove frozen, stripped screws?
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- > >|> 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.
- >
- > 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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- There is also a tool called an "easy out." You drill a small hole
- in the top of the screw. The easy out is like a tapered coarse
- drill bit with a left hand thread. As you turn it ccw, it pulls
- itself into the hole. If the original screw still has any
- threads, it will back it out.
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- --
- Terry Quinn
- Germantown Hills, IL
- tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu
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