Almost everyone who has worked on a DIY or renovation project has applied too much torque and stripped a screw head clean. It can feel like a frustrating dead end, especially if you don’t have a specialized extractor kit on hand.But you might be able to remove a stripped screw using a...
A stripped screw is a screw in which the head has become worn or damaged to the point where the tip of a screwdriver or the driver bit of a drill has difficulty gripping the screw in order to turn it. We’ve talked before about how to address the problem and remove stripped screws. ...
If nothing works, try completely drilling off the head of the screw with a drill bit that matches the thread diameter. When the head of the screw comes off, you can remove the motor and take the threaded portion out with a pair of pliers. (heat it up fairly well to help loosen the ...
If you need to remove a stripped Allen screw and the head is raised above the surface, you may be able to clamplocking pliersonto it and remove it that way. If the screw is sunk too deeply for this to work, try one of these tricks: Place a ball peen hammer on the screw head and...
(torque), the bit/tip of your driver may slip up and out of the screw recess (the flathead/Phillips/Torx/whatever shape cut into the head of the screw). When that happens, all the pressure you’re putting in—both downward and in the turning—is now applied to the edges of the ...
Screw heads, especially the ones with a single slot for a flat screwdriver, are not as tough as they appear. It's easy to strip a head when driving a screw and even to do it easier when trying to remove one that has rusted in place. There aretechniques to avoid this, but once it...
for those who often remove and reinstall processors in their motherboards. This shouldn't be a concern for a regular build where you install the CPU once or perhaps twice. Just know that you'll have to push the retention lever down pretty hard to get it to slip under its retention tab....