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Old 05-14-2008, 10:36 PM
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Default RE: Anyone know what to do about a stripped screw?


ORIGINAL: drummerboy68028

but this is one of the 4 screws holding the engine in.. and its on the ez start side... i can barely get my puny little allen wrench down that opening, much less a screw extracter... would just brute force to get it out hurt the engine mount?
Yes, brute force will likely break the mount. EZ-Outs do not work well on small screws. Your best bet is to drill the head off of the screw. Once the preasure has been released the remains of the screw can be removed with plyers. But MTpockets already told you that.....