Alright now what do you do if you strip a screw?

[01bansheefox]

I am not having any luck at alll last week i needed help getting broken bolts out now... I am trying to take my left side off to change the sprocket and 2 screws will not come out they are STUCK in there, cant even turn them and I have almost striped them, how can i get them out?

[Wallrat]

You need an impact driver. Something like this one:

Clicky

 

They're easy to use, you just put the right bit on, stick it on the bolt or in the screw, and smack the back of it w/ a hammer. You can get em at most places that sell tools or just about any auto parts store.

Edited April 23, 2006 by Wallrat

[watkins]

I had the same issue. I used a dremel to cut them to accept a flathead screw driver and then used an impact screw driver to get them out (the kind you hit with a hammer)... after I got them all out I replaced them with Stainless Steel Hex bolts.

 

Good luck.

[strokersquid]

ive done this too many times...use a coal chisel and hammer. notch the bolt head where the " x " ends and pound the hell out of it counterclockwise. just dont slip and hit the cover!

[1000dollabill]

if they're good and stripped just drill the head off, take off the cover, turn headless screws out with vise grips.

 

on a side note, i bought a cordless impact gun (rigid). best investment i've ever made.

[suzuki0702]

those are a bitch...

 

take a flathead screwdriver and a hammer..position the flathead on top of the bolt faceing down as if your going to turn it...smack it with the hammer and itll pop loose...just enough for u to spin it out...go to the stealership and get some new screws!!!

[1000dollabill]

stay away from stock screws. just get yourself the stainless allen head set for both covers and be done with it.