The screwdriver won't catch the screw cause its worn out Please help me i need to chage the doorknob ASAP?

Question

The screwdriver won't catch the screw cause its worn out from tightening and losing but mostly tightening. Please how else can i get it out? I don't have a drill. I'm replacing a doorknob. Please Help.

its not a flathead.

Answer 1

Try putting a paper towel over the tip of the screwdriver, then push it into the screwhead very hard and turn the screwdriver COUNTERCLOCKWISE, very slowly till you feel it loosen.

Answer 2

More than likely it is a Phillips head screw.
If you have a selection of flat blade screwdrivers, use on that fits into the worn slots. Use lots of pressure, (push) and turn slowly.(a butter knife will do this too.)
If all else fails, get all the other screws out. You didn't say if it was the doorknob screws or the plates on the door edge, but then pry a bit and the screw should loosen up. If it's the doorknow screw, bend the doorknob until you can get a hacksaw blade between to cut it off.

Answer 3

Depends on the type of screw head and the material, but if it's soft (like brass), place the screwdriver in the slot of the screw and hit it with a hammer - be careful not to break the handle. The idea is to make the slot a little bigger and at the same time loosen the 'grip' of the thread.

Answer 4

its not a flat head yet is what you really mean . you need to get a solid flat head screw driver and a hammer and put the screw driver hard against the screw then hit it with the hammer until you have made a grove deep enough for the flat head to work.
the other way is to drill out the screw but that could be a problem as there are things in there you don't want to drill
but if the hammer does not work get a metal drill bit that is small start with that then a larger one and drill it out.
still another possible way is too use pillers or vise grips if there is room to lock on the head of the screw.

Answer 5

Use either a small, sharp chisel, or a small, sharp centre punch. Find a spot near the outside edge of the screw head, where you can comfortably hold the chisel [ or punch ] and swing the hammer with the other hand, making certain the chisel is leaning to the right, so that the screw will be forced to turn counter-clockwise direction. If need be, repeat this process on different locations on the screw head.

Answer 6

Some times if you have a smaller vise grips pliers you can grab the head of the screw & close the pliers on the screw & turn it out.

Since you are getting a new door knob if you can't get a good grip on the screw you can dent the metal around the screw so it sticks out more.

Answer 7

use a screw extractor set- eg by trend.

these cut into the screw and eventually grab it and loosen it

alternatively drill into the screw with a brill bit the size of the screw body

or if you have managed to release the rest the prize the handle off with a chisel or screwdriver and the push a match stick into the now enlarged hole

Answer 8

There's a drill bit set that's made just for this kind of thing. It's made by Craftsman, although I'm sure other companies make it, too, and you can get it at Sears. Sorry, I don't know the tehcnical term for it, but I bought it for my dad a couple Christmas's ago. I think it was around $10.00

Answer 9

You need to go to either a hardware store or auto parts and ask for an easy out it is made to cut down into the screw head and back out the screw.

Answer 10

One thing to do dear, get a drill and a metal drill bit a little smaller than the screw head and drill the head off the screw. There is your fix. Have fun its easy to do!