Old-timers tip: A dab of valve grinding paste in the slots of phillips head screws will give your screwdriver more "traction" with less chance of bunging up the screwheads.
On Feb 4, 7:48 pm, "Allen Thomas" <althomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I replaced mine with hex cap screws. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Snell <snel...@gmail.com> > > Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:26:11 > To: <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: '82 CB450SC project question(s) > > Yeah, I ran into old rusted screws when I was sprucing up the carbs on my > 82 650. Its worth the minimal investment to go to a hardware store with a > couple of the old screws and replace them all with fresh ones, even if > they're not that bad. I too used an EZ out bit with great success after > stripping out a few of the screw heads. > > Sean > On Feb 4, 2012 1:17 PM, "Kevin Green" <kevin.green.thunderb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks for the assurances that soaking should help. I'm wishing I had > > picked up an impact driver as recommended, but I don't know if it would > > have helped me anyways. I was trying to loosen the last screw holding on > > the top cover and thought it had come loose but it looks like I stripped it > > instead. Will an impact driver still do me any good? Should I just drill > > and use a screw extractor? > > > [image: IMAG0260.jpg] > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
