Impossible to remove this screw. Fucked it up pretty good.
Would super glue help? I don’t have a screwdriver
by PerspectiveRough4500
Impossible to remove this screw. Fucked it up pretty good.
Would super glue help? I don’t have a screwdriver
by PerspectiveRough4500
10 Comments
Cut a slot in it and unscrew it, or you can drill the head off and pull the threaded bit out with mulgrips.
As a bit of advice I’d invest in some better quality tooling so it doesn’t happen again.
Super glue? Screwdriver? Dawg take it to a bike shop before you do any more damage.
What tool are you using to remove them?
Another thing to try is removing the last screw, and rotating/wiggling the rotor around the stuck screw in an effort to loosen it enough to have the tool remove it.
I had decent luck with an extractor set. Just drill out the hole, and drill in reverse, came right out.
Vice grips aroud the screw head and put them so tight it deforms the screw
Taking out all the others before you had these two cracked loose was a mistake.
That basically made the rotor into a sort of lock washer.
You might have better luck by replacing the other fasteners before you continue.
It’s always easier to introduce new problems than fix an existing one, so take precautions before forging ahead.
Use some penetrant and proper/well maintained tools.
If all else fails you can cut a slot in it or grind the head off.
Dremel or hacksaw a slot in the top and then unscrew. It it’s still stuck use an impact driver like [https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers-and-hex-keys/halfords-advanced–impact-driver-and-bits-178172.html](https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers-and-hex-keys/halfords-advanced–impact-driver-and-bits-178172.html)
First wd40 or something similar.
(If you re-use the disc make sure the properly clean it after)
Let the oil get in there for a couple minutes.
After that you can try a torx that fits in tight (as in use a hammer to get it in).
If that doesn’t work you need to cut a slot with a Dremel or even a saw might work.
Then try a flat screw driver, if the flat screw driver doesn’t work, use a tool that fits in the slot (you can use a flat screw driver but it will damage your tool) and hammer it rotating left.
There are pliers called Godzilla pliers that have a grooves on the tip so you can grasp the head of the screw.
Those are a mess Torx screws normally take some abuse to chew up like that.
This is why they are favoured over Phillips or cross drive heads.
Normally the thread lock is not so strong to result in this sort of event.
Did you use a normal Torx hand screwdriver or a cordless drill screw driver. A cordless screwdriver drill can be fatal with this sort of work, I would try what others have said cutting a slot or super gluing a screwdriver to the screw head trying some freeing oil and maybe some head carefully applied to the bolts.
Short of buying a dedicated screw removal tool set , or to save yourself further damage to the inside thread on the hub take it into you local bikeshop and see if they have the means to remove these screws. It may cost money but it is far cheaper than having to replace the hub and paying for the wheel to be rebuilt. I hope you get this fixed nothing worse than things breaking on what is normally a straight forwards job.