Stripped/rusted screw

[Proximity 10+ year member]

I'm trying to install new springs on ym whip but I'm running into trouble. I've got the front drivers side spring on, and now I'm trying to get the passenger side on. I'm trying to remove the end link from the strut but I've stripped the screw. It's this one:

As you can see to get it off you need to hold the screw with an allen wrench while turn the nut. The screw is stripped and now matter what I do I can't get the thing off. It's completely rusted to boot.

Any ideas?

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[billjones42 10+ year member]

heat it up a little and then hit it with a hammer. Then loosen it. Might work.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

you sure you are trying to go the right way? ?

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

i got a screw problem myself, and even tho im sure i could drill it out, im just curious if anyone has ever used those screw extractors and how well they really work?

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Drill it out???

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

use a nut splitter

 

[chrisw91 10+ year member]

the extractors work very good. just get the size that you cant push in by hand, hammer it in, then unscrew it.

 

[I Like Waffle]

Ive used the grabit screw extractor kit (20$ or so) and let me say, FTMFW //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

They easiest way is to put some lubricant on it (P.B.Blaster, WD-40, Liquid Wrench), let it sit for about 20 mins. Whack the combo wrench with a hammer until it breaks loose.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

They easiest way is to put some lubricant on it (P.B.Blaster, WD-40, Liquid Wrench), let it sit for about 20 mins. Take your socket wrench and put it on the stripped side, then take a combo wrench and put it on the other side. Whack the combo wrench with a hammer until it breaks loose.

i don't think they can get to the other side of it..

as for the extractors get the right size and you will be good

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

hammer a smaller sized socket on it.. If it was a 11mm, hammer a 10mm or 9mm on to it.

Or just whip out the angle grinder.

 

[vgeek 10+ year member]

If none of this works, just take an old screwdriver and super glue the tip in the stripped opening, it beats paying $20 for a kit, since you can just use a $2 screwdriver and get it out.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

If none of this works, just take an old screwdriver and super glue the tip in the stripped opening, it beats paying $20 for a kit, since you can just use a $2 screwdriver and get it out.

lol, superglue....its a rusted nut.

If anything you could have a 1/2 nut welded to the old one to make a socket work on it.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

if i were you. just take a dremel and cut the nut and bolt off. downfall, you are going to have to find a replacement nut/bolt.

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

when in doubt get the torch. Last job i had was rebuilding old compressors the torch is the best. If it has not moved since 1935 the torch gets it moving