What Rick said - one of those is what I always used on door striker plates. Never had a problem. Of course, that was 20 or so years ago - they've been rusting even more since then. YMMV.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Something like this works great for stuff like that. > > https://www.amazon.com/TEKTON-2910-2-Inch-Manual-7-Piece/dp/ > B000NPPATS?th=1&psc=1 > > > Rick > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Sent: August 14, 2018 2:42 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: g2ma...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] '87 126 striker plate screw > > > For future use: > > I have found that when I'm going to encounter a screw or bolt that "will > likely be stuck" it is helpful to hit it dead on with a flat face punch the > size of the screw head, with a few blows with at least a 1 lb hammer. > > This tends to break loose the rust bond at the thread level between the > screw or bolt and the fastener [nut, nut plate, blind hole threads, etc.]. > > Side benefit of the punch strike for phillips screws is that it moves metal > at the phillips bit area and "tightens" the phillips bit grip into the > screw... sometimes, I move enough metal I need to "drive" the phillips bit > into the screw... then have a good tight fit for max torque on the screw. > > Also, spray the screw head down with penetrate... the shock of hammer blows > will help move it to the screw threads... > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
