well, last night i tried to remove my transmission, but i got a problem with one screw....

i stripped the end, so i cant take it off... and its the screw that keep it attached to the plate under the car...

how do i take that screw off?

get a screw driver with is a T-shape place it on the screw, get a hammer hit it a little, till the screw driver is in, then try to unscrew it. Dont use that screw again, to the bin get a new screw...

look scary...

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well, its a pretty small screw... if i hit the screw driver, aint i risking of damaging either part that the screw keep together?

Well just tap it enough to make it go into the screw so you can take it out, try it slowly...

I'd go to Sears and pick up a small screw extractor.

http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summ...id=00952154000

well, the screw never been removed before.. the others gave me some problem as well... affraid i wont manage to take it out

screw extractor? what's that?

Look at my post above (I added weblink info and picture).

will it be small enough you think?

Did u at least try my method?? just try it, but don't hit the thing to hard, just a two or three knocks

well, i'm at work right now, trying to get idea :P

your idea sound good... but, still scares me... might try the screw remover first... not sure yet..

Ok then... end of chat... Bye

If you have a dremel tool - sounds like you don't or you would have known to use it - you could use a cutting wheel to cut a flat head slit inthe top of the screw and just unscrew it.

no i cant, because the head of the screw is equal to the plate... therE's like a hole in that piece of metal for the head to fit

So your chassis has recessed screw holes - tough spot. I would then agree with i8tweety and go with the screw extractor. They work well.

even for small screw? that thing is very small..

Well - You could also grab a drill and a small drill bit and drill out the screw head enough so that the tranny just comes out.

So, basically - the screw had holds the bind between the tranny and the chassis - just eliminate the screw head and then when you get it out the rest of the screw - the part with the threads - will be sticking out. Then grab some needle nose pliers and twist it the rest of the way.

Let me now - I have rescued lots of screws and have ma y ideas.

yeah, i though about drilling the screw... but affraid then to damage the.. uhm... tranny? (is that what its called?)

Well - you wouldn't need to drill past the head. The goal is to eliminate the side of the head or anything larger than the threaded section of the screw.

there are really only two approaches because the transmission - tranny - box is plastic. you can A) either use some sort of cutting device to make a slit for a screw driver or try and cut out the screw from the top down.


What sort of tools do you have and how big of a screw head are we talking about? Smaller than a pencil eraser head?

if you have some really small drill bits you can make a series of holes in the screw head so that they form a line along the top and then use a screw driver to twist it out.

well, i dont have much if any tool, but my dad is off to visit me next week, so he can bring just about anything...

and the screw.... its about .. uhm, its a bit smaller than a pencil eracer

If you can get to a hardware store I guarantee that they can help you. Just bring in the car - tell them your problem and I bet they can do it in 5 minutes. Other wise I would say wait for your dad.

In the mean time - you may be stuck without any real sharp tools that can eat at metal.

Sory I couldn't be of more help.

i think i'll check out hardware store tonight, therE's one about 2 minutes from where i live...

and any help is better than none (;