Skye,
I have had this on my Honda's too. The last thing you would like is to drill
them out indead. Allthough I *have* done this.
Did you use vice grips to try to turn the screws? Penetration oil? Blue wrench?
Rene van Maanen
Project Manager HP Consulting
Tel: +31 20 547 7578 / +31 (0)6 53 647 076 (mobile)
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On 18 November, 1998 5:47 AM, Skye Poier [SMTP:skye@ffwd.bc.ca] wrote:
> Stupid question time. I drilled the center out of some screws today - the
> heads are easily knocked off with a hammer and a screwdriver, but I can't
> get the rest of the screw out, whats left of the threads are hanging on for
> dear life. How do you finish off the job? I tried whacking it from the
> side to try and collapse the hollow screw but that didn't work. I could
> try moving to a bigger bit, but its very difficult to drill down the exact
> center so then I'd be taking out part of the hole too.
>
> Thanks
>
> Skye
> Still learning the basic stuff
>
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