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02-15-2015, 09:22 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid Mississippi
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|  Removal of rounded set screw?
I was going to replace my cheap plastic drive shafts with some punishers and found two set screws that are wanting to round off. Is there any tricks to getting these out without tearing up to much sh!t? The drive shafts are on my TF2. I changed one shaft with no problem.
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02-15-2015, 09:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: palm desert (southern cali)
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
Use a Dremel cut a slot use a flat head screw driver or use a solder gun heat it up and use good hex driver that's prefibly new if it's not to stripped
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02-15-2015, 10:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: 808 via Reno, Nv.
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
Take a read through this thread......there were some pretty good ideas passed around. sripped set screw |
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02-16-2015, 05:47 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid Mississippi
Posts: 143
| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
Thanks for the link Revoasian. It has some helpful info in it.
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02-17-2015, 05:29 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: lake odessa
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
Have you tried an easy out?
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02-19-2015, 08:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: colorado springs
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
i put the hex bit in then put solder around it and boom comes right out
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02-20-2015, 05:54 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid Mississippi
Posts: 143
| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
I dont have an easy out to try at the moment. I like that soldering idea, I may try that tonight. Thanks guys...
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02-25-2015, 12:32 PM
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| Newbie  Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Florida
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
Easy out×2 should come rite out
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02-25-2015, 08:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Charleston South Carolina
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
Could use a left hand drill bit too. Next time use quality tools and this wont happen again.  |
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02-25-2015, 09:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: ?
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
I've had decent luck using a torx drive one size up...cuts into the corners of the rounded out hex.
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02-25-2015, 09:32 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ossipee
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
I have also had good luck with torx bits on striped hex head screws, a little heat from soldering iron helps sometimes if loctite is involved . I use this trick almost every day at work as powersport tech |
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03-01-2015, 09:03 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SSF
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
left hand drill
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03-23-2015, 12:58 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Mount Morris
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| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
For me it depends on the size of the set screw. I strip out alot of 1.5mm set screws and find that a 1/16" hex fits in it great everytime. For other screws i try either a torx or a larger hex with solder. If that doesn't work then a left hand drill. Worst case senerio's require retaping for a larger set screw. Like others have already said a easy out should work great on a set screw the tips on mine though dont get small enough for some of the smaller screws.
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04-09-2015, 10:32 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: canada
Posts: 117
| Re: Removal of rounded set screw?
I just finished having to drill out a set screw for a young fella. Start with a drill equal to hex wrench. Drill nice and straight and be prepared the break bits. Increase drill size until just the threads are left. Or send it to me  |
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