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Posted by Ron Hardin on October 7, 2008, 9:54 am
pheeh.zero@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > ransley wrote:
> >
> > > > I've stripped two of the screws holding the hard
> > > > drive in my laptop (apparently lock-tite'd, from
> > > > the crack! noise the other two made when unscrewed
> > > > in my best philips screwing technique). (The chat
> > > > agent on the line unhelpfully had just asked me to
> > > > try removing the HD and memory, which is the rough
> > > > equivalent in this model of ``remove roof and
> > > > temporarily set aside'' for home repairs, as you
> > > > have to remove the screen and keyboard to get at
> > > > the memory. It must have been a little chat-agent
> > > > joke. Anyway that project stopped when the screws
> > > > stripped.)
> >
> > > > I take it the next step is a screw extractor,
> > > > which I see too large a variety of to make a
> > > > choice. What's the most probably successful kind
> > > > of screw extractor? I have no experience with
> > > > extractors. I'd experiment, but would like to get
> > > > it done as neatly as possible on the first try.
> >
> > > > Very tiny philips screw. A 3/32 drill fits in the
> > > > hole left by the other, removed, screws.
> > > > --
> > > > rhhar...@mindspring.com
> >
> > > > On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
> >
> > > If they are not broken but just stripped and cant catch a thread maybe
> > > crazy glue the screwdriver to the screw then pull up to catch the
> > > thread , use a bit of alcohol or laquer thinner to clean screw and
> > > driver so they bond, or raise the screw with a knife while trying to
> > > screw out to catch a thread first, since it wont come outr but turns
> > > im guessing there is thread that just wont bite
> >
> > It's the head I stripped. The threads are fine. I suspect it's
> > been lock-tite'd, causing the stripped head in the first place.
> > --
> > rhhar...@mindspring.com
> >
> > On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
>
> Have you trying heating the screws with a small-tip soldering iron?
> Heat should dissipate fast enough not to cause any damage to drive.
> Otherwise, drilling-out would be another alternative.
I was thinking of heating up the screw exactor bit and using that, once
I settle on which extractor to use. The screw is so short that I think
drilling to start an extractor is not possible; I'd need one that goes
from what's there or makes its own hole as necessary, I think.
I don't know that it was lock-tite'd, but the other two screws make the
lock-tite sound when they broke loose and unscrewed. No visible residue
however.
I'd like to avoid putting metal shavings in the case but don't see how
to avoid it, since it's essentially laproscopic surgery to work on it.
--
rhhardin@mindspring.com
On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
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