stripped allen screws

[aaront903]

anyone got any tips on how to remove some tiny stripped allen screws?

[mikedidthis]

Rubber band over the end of your Allen key and jam it in.

[VapingBad]

If it has a head you can get to pliers on that, or cut a grove in the head and use a flat head screw driver. If it's a grub screw try a torx bit, heating the part is in, if it is not tight sometimes they loosen in an ultrasonic.

[aaront903]

tried the rubber band method,didnt work,its on a mod so unfortunately cant pop it in a ultrasonic,struggling indeedy

[VapingBad]

Super glue on the allen key

[aaront903]

could be my only option i think,local hardware shop couldnt help lol

[calnorth]

Might be the gentle small drill procedure..till the screw head is off.

[phtumshk]

what mod is it stuck in?
post some pics of the offending parts.
may give someone a light bulb moment.

[nanotm]

aaront903

get a mini thread extractor set that goes down to 0.5mm, line the drill up on the centre of the problem bolt and drill in about 1mm depth then use the thread extractor to unscrew it, something along the lines of this should fit the bill, the smallest one would in theory be able to bite into the 0.5mm hole and then unscrew the damaged head, or if you have the thread extractor but not the drill bit slot it into a rathet screwdriver and flick the ratchet to reverse to screw it into the screw head, as it screws into the head it unscrews the bolt in question

your only other option is to use a vice + drill and drill out the damaged bolt but that's a more delicate and potentially damaging operation particularly if the drill doesn't go in perfectly and you end up needing a helicoil kit to repair the damaged thread ....

no idea if it will work but its a long shot without seeing the problem and having the tools to hand /

[aaront903]

ive given my good friend and problem solver windows a nudge so hopefully he will save me lol

[nanotm]

Apr 27, 2016 13:08:13 GMT aaront903 said:

ive given my good friend and problem solver windows a nudge so hopefully he will save me lol

that was always my preferred answer when I didn't have access to the required tools, nowadays its the answer for other reasons more often than not

[aaront903]

knew he would save the day,he is like my knight in shining armour haha

[Deleted]

Just so you guys know the screws in the top of a flask are torx not allen. If you try and get them out with an allen key you will basically bu@@er them up.

[aaront903]

whoops

[Deleted]

Apr 27, 2016 17:55:46 GMT aaront903 said:

whoops

Dont know whether to or as to whats going to drop through my letter box