rigidchop wrote on 07/26/08 at 19:20:41:when i first took my carb apart i had the same problem, as you have read, most of us have. i took a cutoff wheel and just made the phillips into flats, worked great and i can use a pretty large flathead screwdriver. of course i now have a mikuni, but i'm keepin the stocker, ya never know.
you used the cutoff wheel after you got the screws out, right?