Tight Screw

[ellicat]

I went to service my overhead and one of the screws is too tight to undo.

The head of the screw is primarily a flat slot one (it has a tiny Phillips bit in the middle). It doesn't appear corroded in any way. All the others are fine and can be undone.

Any tips on how it could be loosened before I strip the slot any further :pinch:

And throwing it at the wall and throwing a small tantrum doesn't work either:angry:

[rumrunner]

try an impact driver?

or make sure you use your best fitting screw driver and pushin and turn anticlockwise hard and hit the end of the driver with a hammer to crack the seal!

[rumrunner]

you can pick up an impact screw driver for about $15 at supercheap

[ellicat]

Thanks rumrunner. I just tried again without success (not with an impact driver though).

Gave it some taps and then some bangs. Looks like I'll have to take it to a pro:(

[kevinchen19870316]

lube?

[ellicat]

Tried that too kevinchen19870316. Just made it harder to keep the screwdriver in the slot:blink:

[AZZA]

use penatrat and leave overnight or at least a few hours

[rumrunner]

the only other way would be to use heat.

do you have a soldering iron or a small butane torch?

if so put a fair amount of heat into the area making sure not to damage anything, and then try again?

when all else fails go and buy your own impact driver and use that,

thats prob what shop will do anyway.

you could bring it here and i could take a look at it for you, but im at browns plains and thats a bit of a hike from holland park just for a screw!

i am a qualified mechanic if you were wondering.

Ian.

[AZZA]

PS. unless it has been installed with locktite ,if so then u r in a world of hurt

[AZZA]

rumrunner wrote:

you could bring it here and i could take a look at it for you, but im at browns plains and thats a bit of a hike from holland park just for a screw!

.

Ian.

[rumrunner]

lmao:silly:

[ellicat]

AZZA,

No Locktite - I have had it off before.

rumrunner,

I've travelled further for it too:laugh:

I'll leave it until after the charter and then might take you up on the offer. Cheers:)

Here's a couple of pics - one bad, one good. (For what it's worth) [img size=366]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01789.JPG

[ellicat]

. [img size=349]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/DSC01791.JPG

[rumrunner]

2 ezy ill be keen to give it a go!

we will have to replace the screw with a new 1 when we get it out,

ive got a creat full of screws here .

Ian.

[rumrunner]

f.o.c

free of charge!

[dhess]

One trick that has worked well for me in the past on larger rounded screw heads is getting a grinder with a tiny cutting disc like a dremel tool or similar and cutting the slot deeper.

[Gazza]

give a good wack without twisting making sure that what ever is behind it is firmly supported then try a long screw driver that fits snuggly and apply firm pressure down ward as you twist

Gaz

[faulked]

i have a tube of powdered diamond which when applied to the head of a screwdriver really helps you are welcome to some or you can buy your own from jaycar for 13.95
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its called screwdriver helper

[bootyinblue]

I think you should leave it soaking in in WD40 or silicone spray till after the charter. I have a spare handline you can use.

Nah seriously, it looks like a damn wide slot, what about a 5c piece in some multigrips? Thats the extent of my mechanical knowledge as I just build gates for a living (bad ones at that!)

Other than that it will be as the others said cutting the slot a bit more defined or using an 'ezyout'.

[Gazza]

I allways enjoy a tight screw to some extent female only

but a word of warning to all

stainless screws bind up really quik

Lots of lube go back and forwards helps sounds strange I know

try it or bring it to the charter and I'll have a go :pinch:

best prevention is to make sure all screws have a coating of a never seize product on them

Gaz

[ellicat]

Thanks for the offers* and tips fellas.....Even if I don't use them I have learned something....might even give me enough confidence to put air in my own tyres next:P

*except for the handline:P :S

[shamus]

get an impact driver. I had this problem with a screw on by motorbike and nearly destroyed the screw head. An impact diver worked first go, with no damage either

[Master Sardines]

I've left this one alone :blush:

[Cowfish13]

A screw driver doesn't really have much leverage. I would try something like a butter knife and this would give way more leverage and might make it easier to get out.

I have used things like this in the past and they have worked. Then there are all the other WD40 type stuff etc. That everyone has already mentioned.

[Feral]

ellicat wrote:

throwing it at the wall and throwing a small tantrum doesn't work either:angry:

No but it sure feels good!

[faulked]

elicat stick your reel in a bag bring it to the charter ill chuck a couple of goodies in my car and sort you out when we get back to chubbs if you have a good fitting screwdriver put that in as well as i cant pick screw size very well over the net but ill put in a couple anyway as im picky on screwdrivers but we will succeed trust me he says lol:laugh:

[bootyinblue]

And I will throw in my hammer and liquid nails. They fis everything.

Even the gates are still standing!

[ellicat]

I'll have the reel with me tomorrow - it'll be on my rod and getting used all day.

Thanks again for the offers to assist:)

[faulked]

excellent so we pull it apart in the van on the way down lose vital bits so it doesnt work on the boat and you have to use an alvey which is impossible to cast so you wont catch a thing muhahaha:laugh:

[ellicat]

Must remember to wear my knife tomorrow:P

[polyphonic]

have the perfect solution.

Throw the f**king thing in the the bin and go and spoil yourself with a new reel;)

[bootyinblue]

Yea I have to agree with that Poly!

Elli - Have a chat to Kevin, he might have some 'bargains' you could buy?

[chubbstar]

Have a BIG screw driver and a set of multi grips with you in the morning.

I'll bring a 10 lb hammer