I received a handle from the Peerless Co. because my set screw is stripped in the old handle. They told me to drill it out with a drill. I have tried this off & on for over two hours and nothing is happening. How in the world do they expect me to get this set screw out?
2006-10-14 12:50:26 · 7 answers · asked by J.J. 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Try using an "easy out" in a reversible drill. The easy out (screw extractor) will catch on the screw and loosen it!
2006-10-14 13:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by fire4511 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need some very sharp drill bits. you also should keep in mind that you are going to throw out the old faucet so if it gets ruined in the process that is not a big deal. Start with a very small bit (about a sixteenth of an inch in diameter). Put the tip into the socket wrench hole in the head of the setscrew. Slowly drill into there until you hit the stem of the faucet (about a quarter inch in). Then go to a quarter inch diameter drill bit and put its tip into the hole that the first drill bit made (that will guide it straight so it won't go off crooked). Again drill in for a quarter inch deep.. At that point you have ground the setscrew up into slivers and made a fat hole in the old handle. There should be nothing holding the old handle on now. Wiggle it and see if it comes off. It not drill a speck deeper with the quarter inch diameter bit. Then wiggle again. If the handle doesn't come off now (with no screw holding it) then it might be held on by some corrosion. Grab it with a pliers and yank it off with some wiggling and rocking. If that is giving you a problem squirt WD-40 now into the hole and tap the handle to help the WD-40 work into the stuck part. Then pull gain.
2006-10-14 20:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried WD-40? First spray that on the stuck set screw; wipe off excess. Make sure that the drill bit is not too big for the groove in the screw head, and make sure the drill is rotating counterclockwise; otherwise you're just tightening the screw.
2006-10-14 19:59:32 · answer #3 · answered by sparticle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 points
2006-10-14 19:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the part store and buy a reverse thread tap those things are great
2006-10-14 20:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by rick e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like your drill bit is too soft...try a harder, carbon tip bit
2006-10-14 20:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by wellaem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fire 4511 has the best answer- those easy-outs work great.
2006-10-15 17:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋