Rusted screws

[mcaf10]

What is the best way to get out rusted stubborn screws? Seems that I can get 25 out in a few mintues then a rusted one can take a half hour to get out.

[Bob]

What kind of screws are they? I spray the difficult ones with Break Free, Liquid Wrench or some other stuff and let them sit for a while. If the head is rusted or wallowed out, I use a dremel tool with a small cutting wheel to improve the slot so that what ever kind of screw it started out as, it ends up as a flat blade. The heat of grinding on the screw head helps loosed it up too. If it's too far gone, I'll grind the whole !@#&/> head off.

[dlarrow]

If the heads are big enough to keep from marring the skin, I found that using a small pair of vice grips was helpful.

[mcaf10]

Jun 3, 2011 11:09:22 GMT -5 Bob said:

What kind of screws are they? I spray the difficult ones with Break Free, Liquid Wrench or some other stuff and let them sit for a while. If the head is rusted or wallowed out, I use a dremel tool with a small cutting wheel to improve the slot so that what ever kind of screw it started out as, it ends up as a flat blade. The heat of grinding on the screw head helps loosed it up too. If it's too far gone, I'll grind the whole !@#&/> head off.

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They are the clutch screws - I will defintely get some Liquid Wrench or Break Free. Can I get that at Home Depot? I love your solution for too far gone !! I can take a lot of work frsutrations doing that ;D

[vikx]

Also, getting the bit seated well in the head and tapping with a hammer sometimes helps. The screws can be almost glued to the aluminum from age and deterioration.

Recommend changing the clutch heads out for something more user friendly... good luck!

[dragthepaint]

I used a grinder with a cutoff wheel to notch them, then used a flat head screw driver to get them out...worked like charm