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Default Delta Faucet set screw stuck, then hubby tried to drill out screwand broke off the tap out. what do i do now?

On 4/11/2016 9:04 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| Unlike some here, I love WD-40, but I think something like Liquid
| Wrench would work better to unstick stuck screws. Maybe it's thinner?

In this case it's also hard to get it in there. The
screw head points down when the water is off. I'd
have to turn off the water just to leave the screw
in a horizontal position. There's no way to leave it
so that the liquid can soak in.



Capillary action. It will soak in.