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I was looking at those extractors on Amazon. The problem is this is a pretty small screw I tried to cut a horizontal slit to force a flat head in

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Old 05-12-2019, 11:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I was looking at those extractors on Amazon. The problem is this is a pretty small screw

I tried to cut a horizontal slit to force a flat head in there, but i only have a dremel and no proper cutting attachment

Gonna head to my suspension shop tomorrow, they'll probably have all the stuff. Left handed screws, drill bits, etc.

I am pretty sure we can get the damn screw out . . . the problem is doing it without destroying the steering wheel
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I was looking at those extractors on Amazon. The problem is this is a pretty small screw

I tried to cut a horizontal slit to force a flat head in there, but i only have a dremel and no proper cutting attachment

Gonna head to my suspension shop tomorrow, they'll probably have all the stuff. Left handed screws, drill bits, etc.

I am pretty sure we can get the damn screw out . . . the problem is doing it without destroying the steering wheel
Thats funny, I went to my suspension guy on saturday for help with the f'ing fuca to subframe bolt. He lent me all of his drill bits..lol

At Home Depot, in their tool department, where they have drill bits, I saw they had this stuff you put on the screw head and its supposed to help get a better bite on the head for applications like this. I forgot what its called... BUT if that screw is tight, not sure how well itll work .
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Thats funny, I went to my suspension guy on saturday for help with the f'ing fuca to subframe bolt. He lent me all of his drill bits..lol

At Home Depot, in their tool department, where they have drill bits, I saw they had this stuff you put on the screw head and its supposed to help get a better bite on the head for applications like this. I forgot what its called... BUT if that screw is tight, not sure how well itll work .
When I was wrenching on helicopters, we used to carry a small can/tube of valve grinding compound. Enough grit in it so it would bite really well, especially on Phillips head screws.
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