I need to get a stripped screw out...

[rudeguy]

I have a rounded, flat head screw that I need to get out. Of course I stripped it out when I tried to get it out. Can someone recommend something I can buy to get that lil bastard out?


The only stores I have close to me are Walmart, Home Depot, Meijer and Autozone. I have to shop B&M because I need it by Saturday.

 

[Quiksilver]

A Drill.

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
A Drill.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
A Drill.

:thumbsup:

 

[SirStev0]

fire?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
A Drill.

Tried that. Since its rounded, the bit just slides off.

 

[Bignate603]

Dremel a new slot in it.

 

[olds]

Vice grips and a file.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Dremel a new slot in it.

Listen to Bignate603 rudeguy!

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Dremel a new slot in it.

This works well. :thumbsup:

 

[lokiju]

This

 

[StageLeft]

Best approach is like bignate says, a dremel rotary tool with a cut-off wheel. Turn that stripped screw into a flathead screw and bob's your uncle. Most guys who are at least 30-40 should have one, so you can probably borrow one. If you don't have one, buy it, it's a very useful tool down the road.

Otherwise I've seen on tv but not tried, some set that lets you take screws in your situation and using a drill it somehow makes the screw capable of taking a special bit and you can "un drill" the screw. This is not the same as people above are saying, which will take the screw out but also make a mess of the threads if not totally destroy them.

Try the dremel first, it's clean.

 

[nakedfrog]

Got a sledgehammer?

 

[xavier es]

go to home depot or better auto zona and get an e-z out for the size shank of the stripped screw and drill a hole down into the head of the screw and then tap the ez out into the hole, put a wrench ojn the ez out and turn counter clock wise. myself i often use a square masonary nail tapped into the drilled hole in the screw or bolt if the shank is large enough to accept the end of the masonry nail when i dont have a ez out handy. good luck.

edit to add: dremel or punch a mark to start your drill bit, use a variable speed drill and start with a slow speed to get the hole started.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
Dremel a new slot in it.

This first. Definitely.

Buy a dremel if you don't have one because they are awesome.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Vice grips and a file.

Another vote for this.

If you don't already have vise-grips, buy one. They're great tools to have.

 

[JS80]

I thought this was going to be about strippers and getting screwed.

 

[Elstupido]

dremel a slot, then a bit of penetrating lubricant for an hour or so

 

[Kirby]

Grinder and Metabo grinding wheel.

 

[benzylic]

Originally posted by: lokiju
This

I have whatever brand Home Depot sells of this, it worked well. It came with three or four different sizes.

First you drill into the head with the right size bit (it comes with it), then the other end has threads but they are reversed so when you put the drill in reverse it tightens the bit onto the screw then it starts twisting it out.

 

[Elstupido]

fixed

 

[Elstupido]

Question is why did the head strip? Seized up threads? Penetrating fluid should loosen up the seized threads

 

[Tiamat]

As mentioned, the best would be to use a grinding wheel to get a new slot into the head of the screwdriver.

 

[aesthetics]

Cut it out with a chainsaw.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Elstupido
Question is why did the head strip? Seized up threads? Penetrating fluid should loosen up the seized threads

Because its a freaking flat head that someone decided to use when they replaced my window motor. I have no idea why you would do such a thing.