Alfred622
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I was servicing a mower deck and snapped a head off a screw holding a shield onto the mower deck. I drilled out the center of the screw and started wrenching in a screw extractor. Unfortunatly, the screw extractor broke flush with the screw. There is nothing I can grip with pliers. I tried to drill the screw extractor but I'm having a terrible time drilling through it even with a new titanium bit.
Has this happened to anyone before? What do I do next?
(Mr Moderator: I realize this does not have much to do with RVs so if you must delete it, I'll understand. However, some very wise minds read ths forum, I'm in a pickle, and I'm hoping for a suggestion or two. I have nowhere else to turn right now.)
Moderator comment: You have a good question but this is the wrong forum for it. This forum is for "Modifcations and Upgrades". Repair and maintainence posts should go in the "Tech Issues" forum. I will move this one there.
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mbopp
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Ouch.
Can you get to it with a 4" angle grinder , cut the screw head off, then drill & tap it for a new screw?
Catch the screw head with a cold chisel and either cut it off or try to rotate it out?
Cut a slot in the screw head (and easy out) with a Dremel and use a hand impact driver on it?
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recycler
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drilling it out will be hard to do as it is as hard or harder than most drill bits...on the farm we have welded a nut onto the end of it to back it out..
best of luck..
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Alfred622
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Thanks, all... Looks like I'm in a bad situation. The screw extractor is broken inside the screw flush with the mower deck - nothing to grab. I'm having no luck trying to drill a hole in the screw extractor. I may need to take it to a shop if I can't figure this out but moving a 200# mower deck isn't easy for me to do anymore.
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j.p.f.
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a diamond burr in a dremel to make a new hole for an ez out, try to find a left handed ez out.
left handed? one with the flutes going back-wards to bite the broken extractor and remove it. don't remember what the real name is?
that must have a large screw?
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winnietrey
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Back in the day, same thing on a flat head Dodge head bolt, extractor broken off inside the bolt. Rented a magnetic drill press and bought diamond tipped drill bit. You might look into it.
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K Charles
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Heat and cool and then drill or weld a nut as said above.
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westernrvparkowner
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Sounds like you may be in cutting torch territory. I would just blow out the entire screw assembly and weld a new nut onto the deck and use a new bolt. Hopefully you are working on your equipment and not someone else's.
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Mont G&J
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Grab the other end of the screw with Vice Grips on the bottom side of the mower deck, then screw it on through the deck.
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garry1p
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Last time I had the problem I used a Dremal tool to cut a slot in the broken off screw (yes it did cut out further than I wanted but no choice) used a torch to heat and then used a slotted screw driver and pliers to help turn the screw driver while pressing down hard.
It worked after everything else I tried would not.
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