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read this

 

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If you have a Matco tool truck in your area you can get this stuff called grab-it. It is like an oil that has tiny flakes of metal in it. You put a few drops on the head of the stripped screw and it helps the screwdriver grip the screw. It says it increases grip up to 800% on the bottle. Well I don't know about 800% but I had some luck with it on screws that weren't totally stripped out.

i've never tried it, but i've been told that valve grinding compound will do the same thing...

 

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i'm resurecting this 'cause in the 4 years since it died we've acquired a ton of new members, and many of them might appreciate the info in this thread.

the thread i referenced above in response #19 contains another method in addition to those contained elsewhere in this thread. here's a pic and you can go here to read about it.



if you can't get a screw out using one of the tricks discussed in this thread you prolly oughtta just melt your scoot down and make jewelry out of it or something.

 

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atch, i use a flat punch and hammer, i like what you built!!

thanx, but i get no credit. SamIyam over on the H.A.M.B. originally posted this several years ago. according to Sam Snap-On makes a tool just like this, but he made up one with stuff he had lying around.