Comment on WHERE ARE MY PRECISION SCREWDRIVERS

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  am i the only person with a set of screw extractor bits?

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  • Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I never even knew it was a thing. I’m assuming most people don’t have them.

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    • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I see sales for them all the time at hardware stores.

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    • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Forklift Mechanic here, it indeed is, a thing.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I got a set, tried to use them twice and they failed both times.

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• CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In thought all my stripped screw troubles would end when I found this tip and seeing how much it’s suggested. But all that ever happens is I pierce the gripping medium due to the force required. Maybe there is a quality option that can withstand this but I’m probably buying extractors if in spending money at that point.

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• Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  YES BECOME FLATHEAD. ive also used torqx and pounded them in. Like a poor mans easy out, works about 20% of the time

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  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If people don’t know the trick above then they definitely don’t know what easy out is lol. It does work and is under rated.

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• TimeNaan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Another option for smaller screws is just to drill out the head, it will let go.

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  • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Had to do this on a buddies Harley… Tried the ‘cut a slot’ method for a flathead too…broke the screw head in half trying to take it out. Drilled it out, head popped off, and was able to take the shaft out by hand. Those screws are made of play-doh…not metal.

    First oil change on a new to him bike but some numbnuts but the crank case cover bolts in like a gorilla…torque spec is 7 ft-lbs(9.5 Nm). That’s like a quarter turn past finger tight. It just needs to compress the seal so oil doesn’t spill out.

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• Whats_a_lemmy@ponder.cat ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There is a third: manual impact driver

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• lambda@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Arrooooo

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