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The perfect tool for removing stuck,stripped screws

crag antler

crag antler

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Just ran over to the local hardware store to buy a screw extractor.
Needless to say, the one I bought at Homer shattered inside the screw, really pissing me off :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Well I found this product. GRABIT
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Great price and can you believe, it worked on the first try.
I have spent the last week trying to remove 3 allen screws off my fork brace so I could polish it right.
Tried drilling them out...no good :x
Tried cutting a slot in and beating out .... no good :evil: :evil:
Bought the above mentioned extractor from Homer...broke inside :evil: :evil: :evil:
Bought the GRABIT....... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Shazam, it worked like a mother. 8O 8O :wink: :twisted:
I tell you, give this a try on those stuck screws and it should work like magic. 8) 8)
 
Thanks, I wish I had one of these last week. I will have one soon. Do you know some places that sell them?
 
I picked mine up at the local True Value.
Their website says True Value, Ace and Sears stores
 
Michael Falke said:
Dang it Don, what have you "screwed" up now??? 8O
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Look familiar?

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Soft Japanese metal meets Hunky Floridian with screwdriver! Screw loose. :lol:
 
Make sure you buy the Garb-it I have one of the Craftsman screw extractors that Bob Villa(?) sells on t.v. up here, it does nothing, just cuts up the screw more. I've seen the Grab-it up here at Canadian Tire I'll pick one up and try it. Thanks
Ian
 
ian said:
Make sure you buy the Garb-it I have one of the Craftsman screw extractors that Bob Villa(?) sells on t.v. up here, it does nothing, just cuts up the screw more. I've seen the Grab-it up here at Canadian Tire I'll pick one up and try it. Thanks
Ian
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Ian, I had bought one of those "Craftsman" wonder tools last year.
Total junk. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
Easily ruins the screw :evil: :evil:
Never again.
The GRABIT cost around $17 US and well worth.
I ended up taking the Craftsman back and getting a wrench. At least I can trust that :wink: :wink:
 
While we are on the subject, where is a good place to get those little fine thread stainless steel metric screws that hold down the stator and stator wire? I have found the right sizes at the hardware store but they are aluminum. I know I can order them as parts off of a fiche, but they would run me considerably more than the 30 cents apiece I would have paid at the hardware store.
 
Don, I have picked up allen head screws of the same metric size and length at bolt and screw stores. Do you have any of those in your area? They only cost a few cents and are easier to extract than the phillips.
 
Michael Falke said:
Don, I have picked up allen head screws of the same metric size and length at bolt and screw stores. Do you have any of those in your area? They only cost a few cents and are easier to extract than the phillips.
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Michael, have you ever used allen head inside the stator cover? I am concerned about the clearance. We do have a fastener place in town; I am going to give it a try.
 
The head should not be any higher than that phillips head. If you are worried about it you can grind a millimeter or so off the top of the allen screw without affecting your ability to tighten or remove it. If you look where that screw is located it should not come close to anything rotating where it sits.
 
Wow,
I love it metric!! You guys in the U.S.A. always seem to hate anyting to do with it I thought you would all retap any thred to imperal if you had the chance.
ian
 
I'll let you in on a little secret ian, us Americans are all too lazy! :wink:
 
god damn mother fucking piece of shit mother fucker! the fucking screws on my intake boots are giving me a migraine. Once I pick this thing up, it better work, or im going to snap!
 
One of my intake boot bolts did that afte 20 year or so in place. I was able to use a chisel to form a flat slot in the screw, then loosened it by a metal hammer and a lrge flat bade screwdriver to turn it around from the side. It loosened so that I could use a flat screwdriver to undo it.
 
Poot said:
god damn mother #### piece of #### mother ####! the #### screws on my intake boots are giving me a migraine. Once I pick this thing up, it better work, or im going to snap!
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MINE ARE STRIPPED TOO! ARGH, LOOKING FOR A GRABIT NOW.
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You guys should be thanking your lucky stars is not a case bolt, becasue that's what I snapped last night. Damn cases have to be split now!
 
Jethro said:
You guys should be thanking your lucky stars is not a case bolt, becasue that's what I snapped last night. Damn cases have to be split now!
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Please tell me it was on the 81 Jethro 8O 8O :? :?
 
Grab-It!

Grab-It!

the grabit is also available at Lowe's, i work there, and almost every day i use the grabit for fun and to help out customers, only 9.99 at lowe's...take an 18v dewalt set on low, put the bit on burnishing side first, spin that in 1/16 in, then place other side and voila, one removed screw and very happy customer....
 
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