Stuck pilot screw!!!

[Guest]

Fellas-

I have a pilot screw stuck on carb #4. I tried heating the outside of the carb up, but, the screw is buggered up and won't allow me enough bite to get the screw out. Any suggestions?

[Nessism]

The carb rebuild tutorial linked in my signature has some suggestions.

[IanDMacDonald]

Hey Ness-

Yeah, I used the tutorial the whole time. The problem was the screw is buggered up, and my screw driver won't bite into the screw. Not really sure what to do.

[Nessism]

Did you see the part about cutting a new slot in the screw head with a dremmel wheel? You will have to chop off the screw tunnel first though, or just cut down into it.

[IanDMacDonald]

Thanks Ed, I appreciate that, as I was just wondering if I could cut part of that tunnel cut off.

[stevey9]

I had the same thing happen. I was able to use an 1/8 drill bit and the corrisponding "easy out" screw extractor. I wanted to try that method first before cutting the tunnel. It worked really well.