czeto

Hey guys,
I was replacing a front rotor on my 2000 SiR and while remoing the fastening screws, I stripped the head out of one. Now I don't know how to get it out. Any homemade solutions?? The screw head surface is flat and it sits in from the surface of the rotor because the hole is counter-sunk.

sikrex2nv

drill it out in the center untill it falls off, take the rotor off and clamp vise grips on it . . . don't drill too deep as its a pan heas screw. . common sense wil ltell you how deep to go

burner

You could maybe try crappy tire , they got those stripped screw removal thingamajigs.

imported_SIR_Injected

number 3 impact screw driver is what you should have used! they always seized

white92d15b7

ALWAYS

zeeman

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where in hamilton are you?
I've got a couple of tools that might work.

imported_BoOsTd

impact screwdriver!

cibs

if you look behind it you'll see that the hole goes right through it, so what i did was i took a pair of vice grips and just basically kept turning it until it went all the way throught (sorta tightening it) then made the trip to CT and bought some replacements...

czeto

Thanks for the input guys. So here's what happened. Got a screw extractor set. Drilled the screw out. Then I broke the extractor off in the hole. A buddy is gunna help me out with it on friday. Just when you think the job is going to be simple!!
And I got me an impact driver as well

imported_teflon

Here's what I did.

Used a dremmel or die grinder with a friction blade and cut a slot across the screw head. I cut into the rotor a bit too but didn't care since I was replacing them.

Then I torched the screw head for a bit.

Then used a big slotted screwdriver to remove it.

No problem.

czeto

^^^I love fire, I think that's what I'm gunna do.

imported_trackhack

FYI I wouldn't recommend trying to drill the extractor as usually these are made of very hard steel which also tends to be quite brittle. Thats probably the reason why it broke come to think of it.

Next time, use a larger drill bit and drill all of the tapered head off the screw. That way the rotor will come of and you will be left with just a stud screwed into the hub which you can then remove with a pair of vise grips.
Since you like fire, you can also cut a slot across the stud and use a screwdriver to take the stud out.

imported_alwaysoverkill

yup, best way to get these off. and once off, put anti-seize on it. I've got to get one of these myself, I think princess auto sells them for like $20