• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Stripped screw heads

  • Thread starter Thread starter Anonymous
  • Start date Start date
A

Anonymous

Guest
I was changing my handelbars, and the screws that hold the throtle control together has stripped philips head screw heads. How do I get them out????????????
 
For those kinds of screws, kind of hidden in the plastic "cutout" like that, I'd try one of them Craftsmen stripped screw extractors. They make several different kinds, but there's one where you don't have to drill a hole first - just use the bit in a reversible drill.
 
Thanks Ron....I bought it today, I'll let you know how it works!!!!!
 
The craftsman tool worked. It wasn't as easy as the claim, but it did work. Thanks again!!!! :lol:
 
I know, old Bob Vila can sure make some of them repairs seem awfully easy, :D whereas we "nonprofessionals" sometimes have to struggle with our Craftsman tools.

But the main thing is that it worked for you. Glad to hear that!
 
vice grips work for me

vice grips work for me

Glad to hear that you got the screw out. I had the same problem (several times) and simply used a pair of Vice Grips to seize the screw and turn it out.
 
Here's another tip for you guys....in case this ever happens to you again. My fix is with my Dremel. Just cut a standard screwdriver slot in the head of the screw and, "Voila!" Works for me every time.

Cragar
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top