I stripped this screw in my laptop and as such can’t open the back cover to replace parts.
Things I’ve tried: -Different size/type screwdrivers -Rubber band -Hammer -Hot glue gun
Edit: got it unsuck. Thanks everyone for the advice
if you don’t mind if having to buy a new screw, there are specialized stripped screw extractor bits for drills where one end makes a hole and the other grips the screw and takes it out, they can be bought on aliexpress for dirt cheap
This is the way.
I received some bad screws in a high-end monitor mount for medical diagnostic monitors. The tech who was mounting the monitor didn’t realize, and tried to use gorilla strength to drive the screw in. He broke the head of the screw off.
The monitor in question was a brand new, $13,000 monitor. We needed it, and we couldn’t wait to ship it back to the manufacturer to get the screw removed.
I got the smallest set of screw extractors I could buy, wrapped the monitor in plastic with a hole over the screw. I put a piece of tape over the hole so that everything was sealed with only the screw exposed.
I went very slow and very gentle, vacuuming up any bits of metal shavings before fully removing the screw, but it went fine.
It was quite a butt-puckering operation, but I survived it.
It’s very hard to make sure the super glue doesn’t bond the stripped screw to the case though.
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Strong down force with the appropriate screwdriver (looks like it started out as a Phillips head) while turning the driver with a wrench. You need a square shaft in your screwdriver or clamp with vice grips.
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Same, strong down force, but use a square driver ( Robertson screw). This can also be accompanied with a wrench.
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Drill it out. This is pretty much the last resort as you will use a drill bit about the same size as the threads which will pretty much take the head of the screw off as you drill into the threads. The threads probably won’t come out but you will at least be able to open the case. I have had very little luck with screw extractors and they probably don’t come that small.
Strong down force is the main thing I have found to work when breaking loose pesky screws. Pushing down hard enough to prevent the bit from skipping to the next slot
Same, strong down force, but use a square driver ( Robertson screw).
Oh, Canada.
The US missed out on both the Robertson screw head and the metric system!
I very delicately use a drill on mine
I’ve had luck with a strip of gaff tape right over the screw head to kinda fill it in. then as it bunches on turning it kinda pushes on what’s left of the screw head.
Carefully weld a nut to the head of the screw. Then remove.