reblle

When I messed up the screws on mine I used an old wood chisel,pointing anticlockwise,on the edge of the screw with one or two gentle taps and they came unwound easy,messed the screw up some more but did the the job

BenRNBP

I normally borrow the butane crème brûlée blow torch from the kitchen (shhh, just between you and me ) you can get a good amount of heat out of one of those and normally helps free up seized things - so heat the remaining screw stub up a couple of times and it'll probably screw out with some pliers or mole grips.

alan168

I too use a chisel and knock it round then unscrew by hand.

CHIPPO

No load on these so replace with stainless steel screws M6 CSK X 15mm , and preferably socket head.

I had one that needed the lot drilling out with a 4.5mm drill and then run a tap through to clean the thread

CynicG

One side done! That's a shit job! Will try heating the other side tomorrow and chiselling before breaking the drill out.

Cheers all

CHIPPO

Literally 5 mins per wheel to drill right out, and tap clean the hole, assuming you have a drill and tap,

CynicG

These?

CHIPPO

Similar , although. Toby knows how to use that on a tyre sidewall!


For crime brûlée get yerself a real automatic plumbers blow torch and you will never go back to a namby pamby kitchen one , real Chefs use plumbers ones ! Esp lady Chefs ! Who prefer a plumbers one . Ask the wife

richmc

Once they are out, new ones from a motor factor (or even Halfords) a bit of copper slip on the new ones and don't even do them up to bite, just to sit, the wheel nuts and studs will do the rest, the screws are only there to stop the disc falling off with the wheel off.

CynicG

I've actually got one from the old man. Been in my toolkit forever. Does butane go off?