[DeTomaso] Stock Ford Mirror Removal

[Garth Rodericks]

Another tip to remove stuck screws is to use your cordless drill/driver.  Set the clutch on the chuck to a low setting, like 3 or 4, then proceed to try to remove the screw, allowing the clutch to slip while you continue to have the driver reversing.  This will cause your drill/driver to act like an impact driver on the screw and will almost always loosen a stuck screw after a few minutes.  This method has never failed me yet.


--- original message ---Penetrating oil should help from the top too.  Putting a little valve grinding compound in the screw heads, and a brand new Phillips bit, works wonders in helping get stuck screws out.

Jeff #2467

>     On March 20, 2020 at 8:19 AM Doug < doug351c at gmail.com mailto:doug351c at gmail.com > wrote:
> 
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>     If the screws are Philips head, a trick I saw in Family Handyman magazine was to place a rubber band in between the screwdriver tip and the screw’s Philips head cross.
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>     Also, if you can get to the inside of the door, shoot some penetrating oil at the screws threads and let them sit for a day before you attempt to loosen them.
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>     Doug Braun
> 
>     Blue 73L #5505
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   Another tip to remove stuck screws is to use your cordless
   drill/driver.  Set the clutch on the chuck to a low setting, like 3 or
   4, then proceed to try to remove the screw, allowing the clutch to slip
   while you continue to have the driver reversing.  This will cause your
   drill/driver to act like an impact driver on the screw and will almost
   always loosen a stuck screw after a few minutes.  This method has never
   failed me yet.
   --- original message ---
Penetrating oil should help from the top too.  Putting a little valve grinding c
ompound in the screw heads, and a brand new Phillips bit, works wonders in helpi
ng get stuck screws out.

Jeff #2467

>     On March 20, 2020 at 8:19 AM Doug < [1]doug351c at gmail.com mailto:[2]dou
g351c at gmail.com > wrote:
>
>
>     If the screws are Philips head, a trick I saw in Family Handyman magazine
was to place a rubber band in between the screwdriver tip and the screwas Philip
s head cross.
>
>     Also, if you can get to the inside of the door, shoot some penetrating oil
 at the screws threads and let them sit for a day before you attempt to loosen t
hem.
>
>
>
>     Doug Braun
>
>     Blue 73L #5505

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