> URGENT < Rounded off a screw! Help!

[veeeffarr]

Hi,

Got a cross head screw here connecting my airbox to the bike frame.

When I went to take it off, it just rounded straight away, good old Suzuki Cheese.

I only have sockets, spanners, a screwdriver.

Any way I can get the fucker off?

[neeeel]

1 - find a socket slightly smaller than the screw head, hammer it on, try and remove it that way

2- drill out the screw till the head falls off, remove the airbox, then use pliers to remove the rest of the screww

3 - use a hacksaw to cut new grooves in the screw head, and try the screwdriver again

4 - put the screwdriver at an angle to the edge of the screw, and use a hammer to hit the screwdriver to push the screw round( not sure if ive explained this one very well)

sure theres other ways

[veeeffarr]

At the moment option 4 seems the only viable option.

Would you believe it, I dont even have a hammer.

Can't hacksaw, theres not enough space and I only have a pen knife saw

Cheers,

T

[veeeffarr]

Well number 4 doesn't work

I'm stuck for ideas now, I've just spent an hour taking everything else I need to off.

[Yoshi]

Mole grips
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[veeeffarr]

[carvell]

The socket idea is usually the best option, if it has a domed head and isn't countersunk obviously.
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[veeeffarr]

Tried, can't get the socket on it, using a 22mm spanner as a hammer, lol

[carvell]

You need to use a proper hammer.

There's no way you'll be able to get a socket of the right size to undo the bolt on with anything less than a big hammer!
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[yambabe]

Are you at home or in Warrington? Might be able to drop by with some tools tomorrow if you've not sorted it by then......
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[veeeffarr]

[TheDonUK]

If i remember correctly arent the airbox screws the rounded head ones? in which case if you dont have a hammer, use something heavy and bash a screwdriver in making a grove... or drill it out ....

[meenie]

[veeeffarr]

Found the Suzuki toolkit under the seat.

Doh.

Unfortunately it's all rusted, and shit.

I did find a leaf in my airbox tho

Also found out STARDROPS is a boss bike cleaner.

[meenie]

[veeeffarr]

Well the flat bladed screwdriver surrendered to my repeated hammering and drove itself into the handle.

Cheap shit.

[ram_doom]

Tobe, mole grips are available in all cheapy stores for under a fiver *FACT* you wont get far without molegrips

Small chisel might be a good idea too...
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[Finglonga]

[stinkwheel]

You need more tools, cannae do the job with what you have. Even a pair of pliers.

If you had pliers you could just rive the airbox off over the head of the screw, undo the screw with your pliers then refit it using a washer to cover the now slightly larger hole in the airbox. Bodgery at its worst but hey..

Why do you need to take the airbox off anyway?

[Walloper]

You are ignoring the 1st Law of Scottish Engineering:

If at first ye canny git it
Pick up yer hammer and Fuckin' Hit It.
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[stinkwheel]

[veeeffarr]

[stinkwheel]

Can you not just pop the rubbers off or fold them back? Might need to heat them up a little first.