meirman wrote:
In alt.home.repair on Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:23:27 -0500 "Randy Cox"
posted:


"Zean Smith" wrote in message
...

I bought a bicycle rack from home depot and installed it in my garage, now
my wife says it looks like ****, so now I have to move it somewhere else.
But that rack comes with One-way screws, (like this one:
http://www.hudsonfasteners.com/sec/sec_ow_rhms.htm) I can't get it
out...help...

is there a tool I can buy to remove the screw? this screws are stupid..
actually my wife is stupid too.

help.

There are several good suggestions to choose from. If the others don't work
there is always the ez-out. They make a set of dies that have reverse
threads on them. You drill a small hole down the center of the shaft of the


A variation on this is to use a left-handed drill bit when drilling
the hole, and run the drill backwards. I don't know how big these
screws are or what they are in or how well stuck they are, and like
you I'm not saying this is the first option to try. I started doing
this when I needed to dissassemble B&D appliances that used screws
with weird heads**. Often they started to come out when the hole was
just more than barely started. (later I got a set of bits for wierd
screws)

**to keep people from repairing their own applicances. Once I took
apart an air pump cigarette lighter plug, and inside was a blown fuse.
Easy to replace, for 35 cents. What would the service department have
done?

Left-handed drill bit start cheap enough but get expensive real soon
as the size gets bigger. Can find them at almost no stores**,
probably only Vermont American on the web.

***Although it was fun to ask clerks and see if they believed me.



stuck screw. Then you screw in the reverse threat die until it tightens up.
Remember, being reversed thread you screw it in counter-clockwise. When it
will screw in no more, it will remove the screw. It works for rounded bolt
heads or whatever. I've used mine maybe four times in the 15 years I've had
the set. Usually I can grip the screw head with channelocks or wirecutters
or something. If I had to find the easeouts..........that would be as big a
chore as working the screw out.

Randy R. Cox




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When I run into these, or even just an old screw around the house,
Depending on the situation I usually drill them out. Once you drill
that hole in the screw, the screw should loose a lot of its sticking
power anyway. Just insert the thingy and tap a few times, then back it out.

Right too for the right job. Dont try to just rig something up, way
easier to buy the thing and remove it. Can't remember what its called
though.


In situations like bathroom doors where both ends of the screw are
exposed I usually dont need the tool, and can just drill the whole screw
out. If you get the right size bit, the screw will eventually come out
when you reverse the drill. (if its exposed on both sidez)

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