stripped screw help Options

[CelicaGTWolf]

Anyone have any favorite techniques for removing stripped screws? was doin some basic stuff to the ol' celi today, replacing the pcv valve, dist cap and rotor. everything was goin great till i got to the dist rotor. why there are screws in this thing in the first place i'll never understand, but i got one screw out no prob. on the second one, the screw driver slipped outta my hand and damn near desintigrated the screw top. so now i'm lost. any ideas or help would be much appreciated.

[Defgeph]

You should be able to use a 8mm socket on those screws. They should have phillips screw head, and also 8mm hex head.

[brianforster]

i think hes talking about the rotor, which has those 2 screws set in i believe.

you might have to drill it out with an easy out set.

This post has been edited by brianforster: Jun 1, 2007 - 6:00 PM

[Defgeph]

I misread. I would find a slightly larger screw driver and try again. If you can't get it to break loose, you'll need to buy a drill out set.

[brianforster]

or you could take a small amount of cold weld and try to coldweld like an old screwdriver into it , let it set, and then try, but dont use enough cold weld to weld the screw to the rotor!

[CelicaGTWolf]

ah ok. will try a dab of cold weld in the morn. hopefully that'll get it. if not...drill out set here i come. thanks guys.

[urbandork]

try a righthand drill bit thats how i do it