Stripped Screw Heads

psilentp · 14-05-2010, 06:44 PM

Does anyone know any tricks to getting screws out that have the heads stripped?

I've got a couple of phillips head screws that have pretty much become rivets due to being mistreated, one of them is on my fuel filter cover, and the other is holding one side of the MAF sensor in.

cheers all

Cosmo Dude · 14-05-2010, 06:50 PM

EZ-outs are your first option.

Basicly drill the centre of the screw/bolt, insert ez-out and turn it to the left. It digs in because it's reverse thread and the screw should come undone.

psilentp · 14-05-2010, 08:06 PM

cheers

Brisbane_boy · 14-05-2010, 08:27 PM

is there enought 'head' left to get vice grips to grip on the screw?
thats saved me a couple times

matty88 · 15-05-2010, 09:49 AM

If the screw's large enough try to tap it anticlockwise with a chisel gently

psilentp · 17-05-2010, 09:34 PM

thanks for the help guys, the screw heads are in tight spots, so i think the ez out is the best way to go, vice grips and chisels aren't an option due to the head being recessed. tho the fuel filter cover might work with those. I'll keep the suggestions in mind as it seems my car is held together by a lot of soft metal bolts :\

Cheers again

Clean_Cookie · 17-05-2010, 10:20 PM

i paid a dude $100 to remove some bolts i stripped... oops. lesson learnt that day! hpe you get them out easily. i have since bought the tools he used manufactured by irwin they arent eazy outs, but like a socket shape, which has the same anticlockwise teeth. worked a charm for the other bolts i rooted in the process.. cost me $50 for the set of 4 at a tool shop.

psilentp · 17-05-2010, 10:23 PM

sweet, it'll be a couple of weeks before i can buy anything, but i'll certainly shop around

70NYD · 17-05-2010, 10:44 PM

whoops forgot to reply
set with drill bits
just easy outs
oh and a name brand one

14-05-2010, 06:44 PM	#1
psilentp Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Perth West Australia Car: 323 Astina Hatch '99 Posts: 239	Stripped Screw Heads Does anyone know any tricks to getting screws out that have the heads stripped? I've got a couple of phillips head screws that have pretty much become rivets due to being mistreated, one of them is on my fuel filter cover, and the other is holding one side of the MAF sensor in. cheers all

14-05-2010, 06:50 PM	#2
Cosmo Dude コスモ Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Location: Vic Car: Mazda '95 Astina I4, '86 B2K and '10 3 MZR-CD Posts: 7,888 View Photos By: Cosmo Dude	EZ-outs are your first option. Basicly drill the centre of the screw/bolt, insert ez-out and turn it to the left. It digs in because it's reverse thread and the screw should come undone. __________________ My 'stina Hatch

14-05-2010, 08:27 PM	#4
Brisbane_boy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brisbane QLD Car: 2002 323 astina Posts: 1,059	is there enought 'head' left to get vice grips to grip on the screw? thats saved me a couple times __________________ If your not allowed to go fast, you might as well look fast

17-05-2010, 10:20 PM	#7
Clean_Cookie obsessed-incomplete-broke Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: BA Hardtop/Hatch Posts: 5,441	i paid a dude $100 to remove some bolts i stripped... oops. lesson learnt that day! hpe you get them out easily. i have since bought the tools he used manufactured by irwin they arent eazy outs, but like a socket shape, which has the same anticlockwise teeth. worked a charm for the other bolts i rooted in the process.. cost me $50 for the set of 4 at a tool shop. __________________ Worklog

17-05-2010, 10:44 PM	#9
70NYD Veni, vidi, vici Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1996 BA Hatch & 2005 RX8 Posts: 4,911 View Photos By: 70NYD	whoops forgot to reply set with drill bits just easy outs oh and a name brand one __________________

14-05-2010, 08:06 PM	#3
psilentp Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Perth West Australia Car: 323 Astina Hatch '99 Posts: 239	cheers

15-05-2010, 09:49 AM	#5
matty88 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S/E Suburbs Car: 1991 TX3 KF Posts: 83	If the screw's large enough try to tap it anticlockwise with a chisel gently

17-05-2010, 09:34 PM	#6
psilentp Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Perth West Australia Car: 323 Astina Hatch '99 Posts: 239	thanks for the help guys, the screw heads are in tight spots, so i think the ez out is the best way to go, vice grips and chisels aren't an option due to the head being recessed. tho the fuel filter cover might work with those. I'll keep the suggestions in mind as it seems my car is held together by a lot of soft metal bolts :\ Cheers again

17-05-2010, 10:23 PM	#8
psilentp Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Perth West Australia Car: 323 Astina Hatch '99 Posts: 239	sweet, it'll be a couple of weeks before i can buy anything, but i'll certainly shop around

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