Thread: Help! Stuck action screw

Yea if the screw is toast anyway just drill the diameter of the other screw shank till the head pops off then deal to the shank when it slides out of the stock with vicegrips carefully

I have used a impac driver with success in the past (multiple CRC applications over night beforehand), the job needs to be held firmly with a solid backstop. Also drilling out slowly the centre with a smaller diameter than the actual screw shank, bites in and can undo the screw without even using an easy out bit, also do the crc pre soaking beforehand.

Otherwise if you can't slit the head with a angle grinder and cutting disk and use a flat head
This is easy to do but easily fucked up if not careful and best done with a almost worn out cutting disk

Or drill a small hole and wind In an easy out

Originally Posted by Bill999

Or drill a small hole and wind In an easy out

Frequently results in broken EZ-Out embedded in the stuck bolt...which is still stuck!

Drying the screwhead and putting a thin piece of rubber between screw and driver and lots of downward pressure is often enough too

Have used left hand drill bits for this type of stuff with great success, drill a small hole first and then step up a size and it’ll bite and unwind.

grind center out use a allen key or torks with tinfoil around it.

I'd double check those torque specs I'd reckon it would be inch pounds more likley