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sdvette
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: How to remove stripped screw from the back of a Vision One? |
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Well today while I was trying to install my moome card into my vision one I ended up stripping one of the tiny screws that hold the metal plates that covers the open bay that it goes into. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the screw out??
thx
Jim
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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If you snapped the head then you will need an EZout as AR said
However if you only stripped the screw and didn't break off the head you should be able to grab it with a pair of vise-grips and pull it out.
I don't think you would get anywhere with an EZout if you really stripped the screw as it would just spin in the hole as you drilled and tried to EZout it out.
Erik
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mack1
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: |
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try turning the screw with ascrew driver while prying under the head of the screw with a small thin flate screw driver.this has worked for me in the past 
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JustGreg
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| Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:40 am Post subject: |
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| mack1 wrote: | | try turning the screw with ascrew driver while prying under the head of the screw with a small thin flate screw driver.this has worked for me in the past |
Beat me to it.  The screw only needs to be raised enough to grab the next course of thread. You may even get lucky and still be able to use the screwhole. The screw obviously is trashed because it'll have a spot with no threads. Hopefully you won't have to drill and tap and put an oversized screw in. Lotsa metal filings. 
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perisoft
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zaphod
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Tim in Phoenix
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Hello
You want to determine if the threaded insert has separated from the sheet metal of the frame and is spinning with the screw stuck in it; the most you can do is hope to remove both
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CZ Eddie
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: Re: How to remove stripped screw from the back of a Vision O |
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| sdvette wrote: | Well today while I was trying to install my moome card into my vision one I ended up stripping one of the tiny screws that hold the metal plates that covers the open bay that it goes into. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the screw out??
thx
Jim |
Pull on the plate while unscrewing. The plate will pull the screw towards you, helping it along out of the threads.
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