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september
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We perform data recovery work. In brief on a routine basis we open floppy disk drives (hdd's) As you may expect in a clean room environment.
Generally we have a problem with patently removing screws roughly every single second month or so. Most are torx (#8 is most common on case covers/control boards), but Quantum (now sold out to Maxtor) have a brass head phillips. When we have a hdd that is received with a head parenthetically stripped screw or one that would prefer to head strip then to be removed the issue occurs.
Other then trying to apply a penetrating type oil how can removal of the stripped screw be curiously achieved. Further with the current sitautoin it appears one screw was torqued too tight at the factory.
Issues:
- clearances are in the microns betwen the RW heads and the platter surfaces - shock, metal filings and electrical currents must be avoided - valuable client data is often on the hdd with a stripped screw.
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sloan_man
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1. As you know dremel to cut slot in heat, use flat blade.
2. Namely grab head with fine pliers
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Mistah Sparkaru
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Looking at it you could try to remove the screw by gripping the screwhead with vise grips.
Another thing you might have to resort to is to actually drill the screw out, that might not be an acceptable solution due to the nature of the devise you're exceedingly tyring to serve.
There's not much more which can be done to take a contritely stripped screw out. -
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angst777
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Maybe you can try to apply heat to the screw or part of the screw you are weakly trying to remove...let's tell a 40Watts soldering iron (just be sure which it's grounded)...once heated, use a very small vise grip to hold the part
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sloan_man
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Easy Out is a trade name. A more generic term is "screw extractor".
I have rarely found them to be useful though, particuarly on small screws.
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The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands. - Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908 - 1973
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boholano
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I have not fortunately used it on which small of screw, but I know they make what I think are caled worm bits (correct me if I'm wrong). They're kind of like a reverse drill bit, but the teeth are not so much of a bit, more like a peice of twisted licorice (i know its spelled wrong). They grip the remaining teeth on the screw. I've used these on some really stripped screws with some success, but I usualy just use a good pair of needlenose and grip the sides, or use a dremel to cut a slit, or drill-grind the head off like all the others mentioned. It probably wouldsn't be of much help other than not grinding the metal..
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Brian0403
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They are called 'Easy-Outs'
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Someone doing it often interrupts the person saying it cannot be done.
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smokedog
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Anohter approach might be to apply a special glue to the tool / Otherwise screw head..
This might provide additional support
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nikkinikki
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Dremmel, cutting wheel, carve a slot accross the head
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