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Best way to tap stripped screws?
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:41 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:41 am
Trying to replace a door lock actuator on my Acura and the screws holding the lock mechanism to the door frame won’t budge. Tried using a drill and mini impact wrench and I’ve stripped all 3.
Should I take a drill bit and just break the heads? Or reverse tap? Or just take a Molotov cocktail to the car? Or sell it and buy an F-350 with truck nuts?
Should I take a drill bit and just break the heads? Or reverse tap? Or just take a Molotov cocktail to the car? Or sell it and buy an F-350 with truck nuts?
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Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:43 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I don’t know if it will work in your case, but I found a life hack to get stripped screws out by placing a thick rubber band between the drill bit and the stripped screw.
It actually worked for my situation.
It actually worked for my situation.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:44 am to VolsOut4Harambe
They make a tool for that and it costs next to nothing on Amazon
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:46 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Can you get a vice grip on the head?
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:47 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Subtle I drive an Acura brag
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:47 am to Cosmo
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:50 am to Cosmo
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:52 am to VolsOut4Harambe
A company called Curbside has several devices that might help...sold at Ace, Lowes, etc.
I'm assuming they're flush so a vice grip can't grab them.
Sometimes, WD40 and a larger size bit will work, with turning very slow.
I'm assuming they're flush so a vice grip can't grab them.
Sometimes, WD40 and a larger size bit will work, with turning very slow.
This post was edited on 3/27/22 at 11:57 am
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:52 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I have had good luck with these. I would use a WD40 (or better) before attacking them any further.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:53 am to Cosmo
Even more subtle I have a drill brag.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:53 am to VolsOut4Harambe
quote:just drill out the heads, replace the lock, use new screws
Trying to replace a door lock actuator on my Acura
the screws go into the lock not the vehicle so just drill the heads off
Posted on 3/27/22 at 11:55 am to 0x15E
quote:
They make a tool for that and it costs next to nothing on Amazon
They do. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I usually try it.
OP, sometimes a little heat works to help break them loose, but these days you never know when and where plastic parts are.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 12:36 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Would you rather tap stripped screws or screw tapped strippers? Either way, the hole should be left empty when the job is done.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 12:39 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
The words Stripped, Tap and Screws all in the title of a post on the OT and somehow this is still SFW.
once in a lifetime baws, once in a lifetime.
once in a lifetime baws, once in a lifetime.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 12:41 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Is it possible to cut a notch in them and use a flathead screwdriver or bit to get them out? That's worked better than anything I've tried, including the removal tools and the rubber band trick.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 2:05 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
If these are like the ones in the Honda doors, I think you need to heat them up a while with a hair dryer or heat gun to loosen up the glue and break them easier.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Posted on 3/27/22 at 2:06 pm to Huck Finn
I just said frick it and took a Dremel to them
Posted on 3/27/22 at 2:08 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Use an angle grinder to score a line in the top of the head and then you can use a flat head bit to remove
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