GoldenTiger
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Hey all... I have a TiVo HD which has Torx T10 screws. The heads got stripped badly enough on the hard drive bracket (not directly attached to the hard drive, but more screws inaccessible until I get this bracket out are underneath, I'm fairly sure they will unscrew normally) that I can't get them out no matter what I've tried so far. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for getting stripped screws out... I've tried the following so far:
1) Press down hard with a short, manual phillips head and unscrew. Didn't work and stripped it further.
2) Same as #1 but with a flathead.
3) Power drill with a "screw extractor" bit: I drilled in a little at medium speeds, then tried to back it out by using reverse on the drill. Not sure if I did it too quickly or something but it didn't even grip the screw's shaft, and basically stripped the head in a circle now.
4) Rubber Band: I tried putting a rubber band between a Torx screwdriver and the screw head, then pressed down hard and slowly unscrewed. This didn't budge anything.
5) Superglue Gel: I applied some of it to the head of the screw inside, and pressed a screwdriver onto it figuring if I could get it to bond maybe I could just get the screw out and throw the screwdriver away after. It didn't stick... any time I tried unscrewing it would pretty much come right off.
6) My last try now is letting some Superglue Gel settle in the head of the screw, and then I will try unscrewing, hopefully the gel will harden to let me get a grip.
Anyone have any ideas? The drive is a 1.5tb unit that I can't get out due to the bracket. One of the two screws is the one on the motherboard's area, so anything I try needs to be able to be done carefully and not hit the motherboard. The heads are still attached to the shaft, and the shaft's threading is NOT stripped as far as I know, just the heads.
Thanks for reading. I figure if anyone's going to have some good ideas in this kind of situation, it would be the case mod forum .
1) Press down hard with a short, manual phillips head and unscrew. Didn't work and stripped it further.
2) Same as #1 but with a flathead.
3) Power drill with a "screw extractor" bit: I drilled in a little at medium speeds, then tried to back it out by using reverse on the drill. Not sure if I did it too quickly or something but it didn't even grip the screw's shaft, and basically stripped the head in a circle now.
4) Rubber Band: I tried putting a rubber band between a Torx screwdriver and the screw head, then pressed down hard and slowly unscrewed. This didn't budge anything.
5) Superglue Gel: I applied some of it to the head of the screw inside, and pressed a screwdriver onto it figuring if I could get it to bond maybe I could just get the screw out and throw the screwdriver away after. It didn't stick... any time I tried unscrewing it would pretty much come right off.
6) My last try now is letting some Superglue Gel settle in the head of the screw, and then I will try unscrewing, hopefully the gel will harden to let me get a grip.
Anyone have any ideas? The drive is a 1.5tb unit that I can't get out due to the bracket. One of the two screws is the one on the motherboard's area, so anything I try needs to be able to be done carefully and not hit the motherboard. The heads are still attached to the shaft, and the shaft's threading is NOT stripped as far as I know, just the heads.
Thanks for reading. I figure if anyone's going to have some good ideas in this kind of situation, it would be the case mod forum .