- 1. [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:40:16 -0500
- Has anyone used the "Grabit" for getting out screws with stripped heads? http://4grabit.com/ It looks pretty nice, and seems a lot easier to use than the old EZ outs. John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: ejrussell@mebtel.net
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:53:51 -1200
- Sears (Craftsman) has something similar. It works OK (the Sears version) *If* the only problem is a damaged screw head. However, how often is it the only problem is the screw head is damaged - vs the
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00039.html (7,251 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:55:37 -0800
- Good point. From time to time I've found various degrees of "force" to work, roughly in order: * a screwdriver * a Very Big Screwdriver * a Very Big scredriver and vice-grips * penetrating oil (appro
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00052.html (8,661 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:39:24 -0500
- My rough order for any screw is * hose down with penetrating oil. * screwdriver/wrench * hammer * more penetrating oil * bigger screwdriver * bigger hammer * swear * air chisel The chisel works reall
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00053.html (9,272 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:55:48 -0800
- Yeah that woudl work, sometimes you have to keep both pieces; once I had to remove something like 28 screws, all at least 40 years old, from an airplane wing that held the landing gear in place; it w
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00054.html (8,240 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:08:33 -0600
- *I've saved a couple of bad stripped screws in the last few months with this ** *1. soak for reasonable time with a penetrant* ** *2. pound the head with a carefully chosen punch or air hammer.* ** *
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00055.html (8,133 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:12:30 -0500
- Yeah, well, I don't work on airplanes. When someone is paying you (well, the shop...) $70 an hour, it quickly becomes not worth it to try and save something like a brake rotor or a shock absorber. --
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00056.html (8,695 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:01:45 -0500
- One trick I've used for this problem is valve grinding compound. Put a little on the screwdriver, and the grit helps keep it from slipping out of the screw. There is actually a product made for this
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00057.html (8,117 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:33:59 -0800 (PST)
- I recently removed the door hinges of a '31 Ford Fordor. That meant removing twenty-four really tight 5/16" fine-threaded flat-head screws that had been in place for 75 years. Door hinge screws are a
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00058.html (9,160 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:40:40 +0000
- Use a left-hand twist drill instead of the typical right-hand twist drill. Don't forget you need to run your drill motor in reverse. Standard drills only tighten screws unless you are lucky enough to
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00060.html (8,314 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] Stripped Screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:31:57 -0800
- Neither do I, anymore. But I sure agree that one should trade off the value of one's time versus the value of the parts in question. Changing a brake rotor on a 2004 Hyundai? Chop it off and move on.
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00061.html (8,397 bytes)
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