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help me - 5/15/2006 7:05:27 PM

ZoSo15

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what is the best/easiest way to remove a phillips head bolt that has been stripped. it has loctite on it too (that's why i stripped the damn thing).

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:08:13 PM

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Drill it, heat it, eazy out. What bolt in particular?

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:12:14 PM

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if its a screw use a drill. easy outs suck.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:16:47 PM

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so after i drill it how do i back it out? it's the bolts to the TPS. i'm replacing my throttle body. after taking the IAC off i looked at the phillips heads to the TPS and i knew i was screwed.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:18:06 PM

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Use a reverse socket to get it out

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:21:37 PM

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care to elaborate?

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:24:16 PM

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take a dremel tool cut a slot in the top and use a flat head screw driver.

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chatterin is just like... i dunno, taking a tator chip bag and crunching the heck out of it.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:27:16 PM

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ooo now there's an idea...

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:28:33 PM

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Autozone sells reverse sockets that will take out any striped bolt or in your case screw. If it doesn't work usually They'll return it. (i'd return it either way save myself twenty bucks)

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:30:03 PM

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ORIGINAL: Tims 88GT

take a dremel tool cut a slot in the top and use a flat head screw driver.

I just read this. Yeah this works just don't do what i do and reuse the bolt i cut out

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:30:38 PM

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^^thoes things suck. easy outs suck to they brake really easy.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:34:10 PM

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C'mon guys... break out the vice grips!

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:36:35 PM

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good luck there

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:40:31 PM

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thanks tim. looks like i'm headed down to autozone... i still don't understand why Ford would put loctite on a phillips screw, but whatever.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:41:25 PM

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they dident, someone else did

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:46:24 PM

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I can tell Tim's been there before. Dremel tool with a cut off wheel is your friend. The fact that it has a phillips head indicates that it's too small to be a good candidate for either an easy out or a reverse grip socket. Try to slot it as close to the center as possible for the maximum effectiveness.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:48:11 PM

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^^many many times. i find that the best way to get a striped screw out.

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 7:56:11 PM

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LOL, oops. We're talking about a screw. Yeah, good luck with vice grips on a phillips screw... I thought we were talking about a bolt for some reason

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 8:09:43 PM

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RE: help me - 5/15/2006 9:32:56 PM

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ok i give up. i went and bought a dremel tool and still can't get them out. the screws are really soft and i cut a slit for a flathead, but they just keep stripping themselves. i even tried to cut the head off the screw, but all i did was dull the **** out of one cutting wheel, and shatter the other one. do they sell throttle position sensors at auto part stores?

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