New Guy from Eastern NC

[Ansimp]

Can you get access with a center punch or small chisel? If so tap on the outside of the screw head in an anti clockwise direction and hopefully you will loosen it. Before you start shock the screw ( if possible with the broken easy out) by hitting it with a punch to loosen the threads.

 

[NCScooter]

Here's a shot of the alternator, showing a lack of forethought by Japanese engineers for clearance to get a wrench in there for timing.

Back of alternator

• NCScooter
• Jun 28, 2013

No clearance for wrench - That's a long socket, the only thing that fits is an open end wrench.

And more fine work with the soft phillips screws.

@#&* points

• NCScooter
• Jun 28, 2013

Screw on left is messed up!

 

[backlander]

I usually get buggered up screws like that with a flat blade screwdriver, hammer and some vise grips. Find flat blade that will match up with two of the phillips slots, tap in gently with hammer and bottom out, use vise grips on handle of screwdriver to turn while you forcefully push in on the screwdriver handle. It works quite often.

 

[NCScooter]

How you put that signature under your posts? I'm leaving the bike alone 'til Monday.

 

[backlander]

top right of page under picture frame, "user control panel", click, dropdown list, edit signature, type in and click "submit"

 

[NCScooter]

Thanks, let's see here. I changed my avatar; however, I don't look that good in canine.

 

[Ansimp]

Is that canine or Corgi?
On a serious note that screw doesn't look too bad at all. The trick with these Phillips screws is to make sure that your screwdriver bit fits properly. I would suggest that everyone invests in a Snap On no2 Phillips bit even if you don't buy their ratcheting screwdriver buy the bit as they are excellent. The other tool that I suggest for pesky screws is an impact screwdriver something that I use all the time on starter motors and alternators as their screws are well and truly stuck at times. The main reason to hate Phillips screws is they get damaged and we re use them when they should be replaced. I love Phillips as they fit well in my screw gun and that's what I use for 80% of my hardware. ( self tappers, self drillers and machine screws)

 

[toytender01]

There is also a dif. between jap fillips and American

 

[Ansimp]

Do you have a photo of the 2 types? The two that we use are Phillips and Pozidrive ( which has an additional small cross pattern at 45%) is that the same or is there an additional type that I am not familiar with? :yes:

 

[NCScooter]

Corgi from a different point of view.

• NCScooter
• Jun 28, 2013

The screw was screwed up when I found it. Honest. I made it worse when the screw pulling bit snapped off in the middle. :head bang: My dad, a real life metallurgist, always mentioned the incompatibility of any 2 different metals in contact with one another. Even though you don't see rust, there is a thin layer of corrosion that bonds the steel screw to the aluminum block. You can't make screws out of aluminum, however.

 

[Ansimp]

You could but they are not very strong. I am a fan of nickel anti seize and if you use it you will not have the electrolysis/corrosion problems causing the dissimilar metals to bond.
Is your avatar to become "Devil Dog"? :smilie_happy:

 

[NCScooter]

Killer Korgi

 

[brianinpa]

Welcome to Classics from PA!