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Leaky faucet - how to unscrew stripped Philips screw?
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Leaky faucet - how to unscrew stripped Philips screw?
On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:01:10 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote: wrote: My bathroom faucet has a drip and I traced it to the hot water handle. Unfortunately, I can't seem to unscrew it because the Philips screw is stripped. Any suggestions as to how to take off the handle? It's one of those handles where the screw is in the middle of an indented circle. If I do get it off, what's the procedure for stopping the drip? When I shut the hot water valve under the sink, I notice that the drip moves to the valve. Usually, when someone says a screw is stripped they mean the threads are stripped, so you can turn the screw with a screwdriver without it backing out (or tightening). Is that what you're trying to say? Or is it the Phillips head recess which is buggered up so a screwdriver can't engage it? If it's the former, then you can probably have a helper pull up one the faucet handle while trying to rock it while you turn the screw counterclockwise, If it's the head which is fouled up, then try Dan's suggestion. If you don't have a Dremel type tool or if the recess in the handle is too deep to get a cutting wheel into, then try carefully drilling down into the screw head's Phillip's recess just until the head disappears. That should enable you to pull the handle off, and if you're lucky there will still be enough of the screw protruding from the faucet stem to let you remove it with pliers. If not, new stems don't cost all that much. I think I'd spring for the $10 screw-extractor at the local junk store, before drilling the head off. |
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Leaky faucet - how to unscrew stripped Philips screw?
Goedjn wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:01:10 -0400, Jeff Wisnia wrote: wrote: My bathroom faucet has a drip and I traced it to the hot water handle. Unfortunately, I can't seem to unscrew it because the Philips screw is stripped. Any suggestions as to how to take off the handle? It's one of those handles where the screw is in the middle of an indented circle. If I do get it off, what's the procedure for stopping the drip? When I shut the hot water valve under the sink, I notice that the drip moves to the valve. Usually, when someone says a screw is stripped they mean the threads are stripped, so you can turn the screw with a screwdriver without it backing out (or tightening). Is that what you're trying to say? Or is it the Phillips head recess which is buggered up so a screwdriver can't engage it? If it's the former, then you can probably have a helper pull up one the faucet handle while trying to rock it while you turn the screw counterclockwise, If it's the head which is fouled up, then try Dan's suggestion. If you don't have a Dremel type tool or if the recess in the handle is too deep to get a cutting wheel into, then try carefully drilling down into the screw head's Phillip's recess just until the head disappears. That should enable you to pull the handle off, and if you're lucky there will still be enough of the screw protruding from the faucet stem to let you remove it with pliers. If not, new stems don't cost all that much. I think I'd spring for the $10 screw-extractor at the local junk store, before drilling the head off. Hve you ever successfully extracted a BRASS #8 screw with one of those? I can't say that I ever have. Drilling the required 1/16" diameter hole down the center of that size screw with a hand held drill is more than I'd ever try and pull off. G Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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