How do you remove a striped screw?

Question

I have striped a hex screw bt I need to remove it how do you do this?

Answer 1

You can use an easy out. They are made specifically for this purpose. You can get one at your local hardware store.

Answer 2

1. Is the reason it stripped because it's rusted in place? If so get some Liquid Wrench or BP Blaster or something of that nature and soke it to break up the rust.
2. If possible heat whatever it is screwed into (only if it's metal).
3. Try grabbing the head with a Vise Grip type of Pliers.
4. If that doesn't work, depending on the size of the Hex screw you can either:

a. Drill the head off completely, then once you take off what it's holding in place, you should be able to grab the screw with a vise grip type of pliers to get it out.

b. If it's large enough drill a small hole into the screw and then use an easy out in the hole. (an easy out looks kind of like a backwards drill that will tighten as it goes into the hole but turns in the direction to remove the screw as it tightens).

or lastly and the biggest pain in the neck.

c. Drill the whole thing out head screw and all and retap the threads with a tap set.

Answer 3

I used to work in a bicycle shop and we had a device for such occasions. Basically it was a thread tapping device, which would create a small diameter threaded hole inside the screw head, using a reverse thread. Once the hole was threaded, a second piece of the device, which was essentially a reverse thread screw, would screw into the tapped hole. When it bottomed out, as you kept turning the reverse thread screw, it would extract the original screw. I know it is not a common household tool, but probably someone at a bike shop or machine shop could help.

Answer 4

what is it in. We get a lot of striped screws that are holding two halves together usually we drill the head off to get the parts separated. In my case the screw is usually cross threaded and can't be saved. sometimes you can cut a slot in the top with a roto tool (dremel).

good luck

Answer 5

a million. eliminate the oil pan 2. eliminate the broken oil pan bolt by drilling by it 3. Re-thread the hollow with a faucet or helicoil counting on the appliance. 4. replace the oil pan with a sparkling gasket or sparkling RTV counting on the appliance. 5. finally, this is going without asserting, yet just to be sparkling, determine which you do use a sparkling oil pan bolt of the surprising length and thread pitch, and don't over-tighten the recent bolt.

Answer 6

You have to use a small drill bit that you can drill into the stripped screw. It's not very fun.

Answer 7

Drill just the head offf then grab the shaft with vise grips and turn it out !!!

Answer 8

First spray it with canned lubricant, find the right socket,a wrench wont work, find a socket with the right kind of handle, and u should not have no problems.

Answer 9

drill it out