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May 16th, 2011, 14:20 | #1 |
Stripped 2mm Hex Screw
I have a VFC SCAR-L I have an issue with the selector switch. I am trying to take the gearbox out so I can fix the switch problem I have. I am not the origianl owner and bought it second hand. The problem I am currently having is that I have noticed one of the 2mm screws on the bottom of the grip (to get the motor out) is stripped. I see a circle where a hex should be. I have tried with no luck to extract this screw (dont want to make things any worse). Does anyone have any tips for removing a stripped screw? Screw extractors are too big. Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks.
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May 16th, 2011, 14:23 | #2 |
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Purchase a strip screw drill bit set. CT has them cheap and they are very useful
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May 16th, 2011, 14:36 | #3 |
Try Torx T8. It might be able to grab enough to remove the screw.
If not, either dremel a slot in the head and remove with a flat screw driver or get a screw extractor from CT. |
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May 16th, 2011, 14:48 | #4 |
Yup, try torx.
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May 16th, 2011, 17:00 | #5 |
Thank you all very much for the tips. I will give them a try and hopefully I can get this screw out so I can get my SCAR back into action.
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June 2nd, 2011, 11:39 | #6 |
Thought I would give an update on how this was resolved. Torx didnt work (to stripped), screw extractor was too big. I was suggested that I hammer a flat head into the screw and extract that way but I didnt hammer a screw driver in because I didnt want to damage something else. What solved the problem was a dremel. I dremeled a grove (with minimal damage) on the screw and used a flat head to get the screw out. If that failed the next step was to epoxy or weld a alan key to the screw.
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