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Screw removal help

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khardrunner14

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Any ideas on how to get a screw out from my right hand controls? It's one of the 2 screws that clamps the plastic control module to the handlebar. Here's what I tried so far...
- screw driver (duh)
- Impact driver (no luck...only rounded the screw more)
- drilled with 7/64's bit about 3/8 in deep, then tried a screw extractor for that bit size...it just spun in there.

Any ideas?
 
Grab the next size larger bit and continue to drill out just the "head" portion of the screw...maybe 1/8" deep or so. Repeat this process until the head of the screw spins itself onto the the bit. Remove clamp and get your vice grips out. :-s
 
Where would I clamp the vice grips on at? I think the screw is completly surrounded by plastic accept for the head...which is recessed into plastic. Thanks!
 
Nice! That's a good idea to try. As long as I don't mess up the threads though.
 
khardrunner14 said:
Nice! That's a good idea to try. As long as I don't mess up the threads though.
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You should be fine...as long as you only drill to the depth of the head. I don't think that there are any threads in the head side of the clamp, anyway. :-s
 
Yeah I tried the left handed screw extractor, but for some odd reason unbeknownst to me it just spun in there.
 
rphillips said:
It's me again, use left hand "drill bits"
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HZe is actually refering to a drill bit that is designed to cut counter clock wise versus clockwise. I have used them before & they tend to work well. You can usually spin the screw loose with one as it bites the material. Also, you may want to try & spraying the screw with a freezing agent to get it to contract in the fixture or possibly applying a minimal amount of heat to the fixture to break them apart a bit. Good luck
 
I'm not sure about your hand grip but what worked for me on the recessed bolts at the bottom of my forks was to just dill off the head and remove the cap then you can clamp on to the threaded part that should be protruding from the reciever side of the clamp and remove the threaded portion of the screw. If the threads are already stipped you'll have to retap them or replace the clamp.
 
If the extractor spun in there it was bottomed out & you didn't drill the hole deep enough. Ray.
 
Dave is correct, I had mine apart not too long ago and the threads are only on the receiver side. You should be able to drill the head off without getting into the plastic if you are careful. I replaced mine with stainless allen heads.
 
Thanks guys! I went home, popped the control off and the head of the screw just fell off. I guess I drilled it enough I didn't even have to try. Either way it's out though. Thanks again!
 
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