After you have heated the bolt up throw water on it - This breaks the bite
- An very well experienced restoration expert showed me this - It works!
At 01:55 PM 4/2/2003 -0800, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
>Kendel:
>
>I gave up on the impact driver too.
>
>The best results I have had are from installing the impact screwdriver head
>into the correctly sized socket, that is on a 6" extension.
>
>Place the bit into the screw, then smack the end of the extension HARD with
>a lead hammer. This tends to break the paint and rust bond.
>
>Then use a (longer the better) ratchet on the extension to carefully apply
>torque whilst leaning into the screw. This allows you to apply a lot of
>controlled torque to the screw, which after the previous action has been
>warned not to mess with you.
>
>
>Worst case scenerio. Oxy Acc. torch to quickly heat up the screw head,
>while damaging as little paint as possible. Then repeat the above actions.
>This way the screw knows you really mean business.
>
>
>Working in a scrap yard, you got very good at doing these door screws.
>
>good luck
>
>Kelvin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kendel McCarley [mailto:kmmccarley@earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:29 PM
> > To: mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Unmounting door? (stupid screws)
> >
> >
> > Can someone please tell me how to undo the door mounting
> > screws on an MGB? I've tried a regular screwdriver and an
> > impact type (whack it with a hammer) without success. How
> > does one undo these without rounding them out and having to
> > drill them?
> >
> > - Kendel
>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
barrier@bconnex.net
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