Gyrobob
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Posers ain't motorcyclists
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Quote:If you got vice grips... and the head is still on the screw... whadayaneed a screwdriver for? Just use the vice grips on the head. One normal progression for these situations is:
1. Try real hard to get the phillips head screw out with a screwdriver.
2. Utter a few expletives about the stupid f***ing screw that now has its slots rounded out.
3. The set of vise grips you have weighs about 5 pounds and is more suited to working on bridges, but one works with what one has, eh?
4. You clamp the vice grips on the 1/4" diameter screw head, partially crushing it, but that's okay because you want to get a good grip on it.
5. You start to move the vise grips counterclockwise (right? ). It just starts to move, and SPLING!!,.. it lets go of the screw, leaving the screwhead looking quite mangled and shaped somewhat like an upside down cone.
6. You reapply the vise grips, further deforming the head but you are not dismayed because you will toss this screw once you get it out.
7. SPLING!!! the vise grips pop off all by themselves.
8. The screwhead has lost about 2/3 of its mass. There is very little left to grab.
9. Find the dremel tool, cut a slot in what is left in the head, and go find Bubba.
10. Apply the vise grips to a big fat screwdriver while Bubba holds the screwdriver down in the slot. Torque out the screw.
11. Give Bubba a beer.ORSkip steps 1 thru 11,... Use a little heat and a flat faced punch, and jiggle the screw loose so's you can back it out normally with a screwdriver. No expletives, no beer for Bubba.
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