How to remove a screw without hex end
How to remove a screw without hex end
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Hello, does anyone know how to remove the connector in the attached photo without damaging it?
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Hello, does anyone know how to remove the connector in the attached photo without damaging it?
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RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
How much is exposed?
What materials are involved?
Is access limited?
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
the center threads are left handed, a driver threads on to this thread on bottoms out on the end flat, thus the small end can be unscrewed
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
Phil
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
Oh, you wanted less damage?
Find a female threaded thing that goes on the protruding part, like say a nut. Slit it so it's collapsible. Put it on the protrusion. Grip THAT with Vice-Grips so as to grab the protruding piece w/o damage. Unscrew.
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
Run two nuts on, jam one back against the other, turn the part off using the bottom nut.
B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
I would use berkshire's method. It has been used for ages to remove studs. No special tools needed.
RE: How to remove a screw without hex end
However, on thin-walled, fragile parts like connectors, and on solid but weak parts like copper studs, it may stretch the part to failure between the nuts. I'm sure I have done so at least once.
FreddyZ's method is so stupidly simple and easy to overlook that they should teach it in engineering school.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA