Thanks Jim Ha! I went to town earlier today to buy acetone and atf. Mixed up a batch in a coffee can. Got my windshield regulator soaking in it right now. I need to get a squirt can or oiler tomarrow so I can apply it to the screws. Tom
> You might want to try using a mixture of 50% acetone mixed with 50% > automatic transmission fluid and soak real well. Word of caution - > acetone > loves to dissolve rubber to be cautious. Cutting a slot with a cutoff > wheel > and screwdriver will add to the torque you can apply. After it is soaked, > try tightening first before loosening. > > > > Good luck, > > Jim V. > > > > From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Johnston > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 7:03 PM > To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [old-chevy-truck] clutch-head screw removal > > > > > > HI > Dismanteling interior of 46' pickup interior. Some of you have been there. > Have worked all day and have 7 screws our and three with ruined heads > (cammed out) which I can't get out. > > The problem is rust. I am using a fresh clutch head bit in a 1/4 inch > drive > ratchet. I don't have enough power in my hands to use a straight driver. I > douse each screw several times with Kroil penitrant. I take it slow and > use > as much downward pressure as I can. Some are so frozen that either the bit > starts to twist or the bit cams out ruining the screw head. > > I tried Alden Grabit bolt and damage screw extractors to no avail. I tried > drilling but the screw head is really, really hard. I dull a fresh HSS > drill > > in about 20 seconds. > > Should I buy a left hand drill? A carbide drill? > > Should I use heat on the screw head? > > Should I take a die grinder and carbide bit and grind off the head and > hopefully deal with the remaining stub somehow? > > Has anyone here been there - done that? > > Tom > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! > > To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), > to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6409 - Release Date: 06/13/13 > ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
