best way to remove a stuck screw?

[iRONic]

yeah i don't know if any machine shops around, especially over the weekend. the vise grips are only like $15 so i'll just grab em. i'm sure they will come in handy in the future as well.

Needle nose vice grips should get the job done. ProTip™, keep your fingers out of the way of the release lever when you're taking the t-nut out of the jaws.

 

[iRONic]

Okay. Read it.

Christ, that's so much fail.

Just stay off of forums since you can't even use them correctly.

 

[olds]

Grind or file the head off and push it through.

 

[purbeast0]

i just got the vise grips and holy shit these things are pretty awesome and no way that if i can grab the t-nut with that thing that it will be slipping out of that thing. i just hope it doesn't rip right through it lol.

WILL REPORT BACK WHEN I ATTEMPT TONIGHT!!!

 

[sdifox]

i just got the vise grips and holy shit these things are pretty awesome and no way that if i can grab the t-nut with that thing that it will be slipping out of that thing. i just hope it doesn't rip right through it lol.

WILL REPORT BACK WHEN I ATTEMPT TONIGHT!!!

You never used a vice grip before? D:

 

[purbeast0]

You never used a vice grip before? D:

nope. only been a home owner for like 7 months and just never needed one prior, although this need isn't for a house, so that doesn't really make sense lol.

always used wrenches and pliers but apparently they don't work for everything!

 

[iRONic]

You never used a vice grip before? D:

I'm sure he has, just not the one you buy at a hardware/tool store...

 

[twinrider1]

Dremel.

First, I'd GENTLY see if I could lift up the gasket enough to use a cutoff wheel under the head.

If not, I'd get an grinding stone and grind down the head. Mask off the speakers so the grinding schmutz doesn't land on them.

Something like this, 911 aluminum oxide grinding stone.

 

[Howard]

I would just cut off the head and hammer the whole thing into the cabinet. Can you do that?

You'll have a rattly piece in there though...

 

[phucheneh]

It sounds like he needs to do what was already mentioned, which is exert upward force on the underside of the fastener's head while unthreading it.

Read: pry on the bitch. There is no 'it didn't work.' Only 'you failed.'

If a flat screwdriver can't get it, try a pair of dykes (sidecutters).

 

[purbeast0]

success bitches!

http://i.imgur.com/WHnA63h.jpg

that t-nut is mangled to shit.

thanks for the suggestions.

 

[IronWing]

Congratulations! You now own a Vise-Grips. With the addition of a hammer, a large flat head screw driver, a utility knife, and some elctrical tape, there is nothing you can't fix.

 

[Sluggo]

success bitches!

http://i.imgur.com/WHnA63h.jpg

that t-nut is mangled to shit.

thanks for the suggestions.

Any chance of a larger photo?

 

[phucheneh]

Wait.

You could hold the back of the nut, and you were asking us how to get the screw out?

For the record, 'hold the nut' is now your advice for anytime you can't get a screw out and you can access the rear. In all other cases with nothing to hold, the solution is 'pull up on the head.'

(most sexual post ever)

 

[TonyG]

Wait.

You could hold the back of the nut, and you were asking us how to get the screw out?

For the record, 'hold the nut' is now your advice for anytime you can't get a screw out and you can access the rear. In all other cases with nothing to hold, the solution is 'pull up on the head.'

(most sexual post ever)

and if you can't hold the nut, an impact driver can also do magical things

 

[phucheneh]

I'd impact drive her. :whiste:

 

[jlee]

Wait.

You could hold the back of the nut, and you were asking us how to get the screw out?

For the record, 'hold the nut' is now your advice for anytime you can't get a screw out and you can access the rear. In all other cases with nothing to hold, the solution is 'pull up on the head.'

(most sexual post ever)

He tried, but didn't have the right tool until now.

In the words of so many others, posted above... read the thread :awe:

 

[purbeast0]

watched Lincoln tonight with my new surrounds.

too bad that movie's soundtrack was weak and wasn't much to really enjoy.

 

[The_Dude8]

How much did you paid for the jtr speakers?

 

[purbeast0]

How much did you paid for the jtr speakers?

a lot

 

[Childs]

I have an uncle that welded a nut onto a bolt with a head that broke off. I thought he was crazy, but it worked. Now its my goto solution for everything.

 

[IronWing]

I have an uncle that welded a nut onto a bolt with a head that broke off. I thought he was crazy, but it worked. Now its my goto solution for everything.

The father of the guy we bought our welding rig from had welded a new valve handle onto the top of the acetylene cylinder. Yes, he was drawing off the same cylinder he was welding. Balls of steel.

 

[Howard]

success bitches!

http://i.imgur.com/WHnA63h.jpg

that t-nut is mangled to shit.

thanks for the suggestions.

Was the T-nut just loose or was the screw actually cross-threaded? If the latter, I can't see how the vise grips would've helped you.

 

[purbeast0]

Was the T-nut just loose or was the screw actually cross-threaded? If the latter, I can't see how the vise grips would've helped you.

both. the thread on the screw is jacked.

 

[olds]

both. the thread on the screw is jacked.

http://engineerexplains.com/answr/Screw-vs-Bolt1.html