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The perfect tool for removing stuck,stripped screws

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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You may already know this but if you can get one side or the other out you can then grab the intake boot and twist it and the other bolt will usually break free.
 
dpep said:
Michael Falke said:
Dang it Don, what have you "screwed" up now??? 8O
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Look familiar?

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Yes. Very, very familiar.

I replaced my Stator screws with metric Torx head screws available at my local GM plant by the million (I call on one regularly).

People bitched about Torx when they came out, but once you have a screwdriver set, dealing with them is no different than any other screw.

Except they don't strip their heads.
 
I wish I had one of those Grabbits last weekend when I was trying to get my fairing off B.B. The top mounting screw was locked in tight. I don't know what was used for lock-tight but it was tough. I could turn the screw 1/4 turn and that was it. I tried tuning it back and forth to break the lock-tight with no luck. I ended up stripping the head of the screw. In the end I just drilled the screw out very carefully as not to get any shavings on the paint. Then drilled and tapped it out for a 1/4-20, since I have lots of 1/4-20 Stainless screws around.
 
allways use a impact screwdriver when undoing screws it saves all that mess
 
BoltsRUs

BoltsRUs

dpep said:
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.
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Bought the Grabit, this thing works. Worth twice the price.


I have found that the Bolt Depot has a good selection of metric items.

http://www.boltdepot.com/
 
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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Heat the bolt up nice and hot with a heat gun.

Melt a candle into the threads, allowing it to wick in to the threads.

Ogle at how easy that bolt is to unscrew now.
 
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