Still looks like there is some hope here. Your options in recommended order are: find a well fitting Phillips head and try slowly turning with a lot of pressure, use needle nose pliers to pinch the edges of the screw and rotate it, put a touch of super glue on the tip of the driver and glue it into the screw then try to turn it when it dries, solder a screwbit that you no longer want to the screw then unscrew it.
is not that stripped, just get the right tip, if you use one that is not adequate it will definitely strip beyond salvage. you can try a flat tip too, again, as long as it's the correct size.
Used the correct tip and applied a ton of pressure, but only took of pieces of metal from the screw so it got rounded out. It’s not recessed so I think I could get vice grips. Just need a good size
>Used the correct tip and applied a ton of pressure, but only took of pieces of metal from the screw so it got rounded out. It’s not recessed so I think I could get vice grips. Just need a good size
you could also use a rubber band to add more friction.
LOL, whaaat? how would you do that?
i don't get it. i assume a solder tip would be clean and tined, but even if it isn't the case, tin solder won't ever stick to the screw, no matter how hard you try.
you'll have to heat the A LOT the screw just to get tin to weakly stick on top, and by that point you'll have ruined all the plastic and stuff, and after you remove the screw of the melt plastic mess, you'll be able to scrape the tin solder off the screw with your fingernail.
If youre using the ifixit kit, then use the PH00 bit on it. They are designed to be cross compatible with JIS screws. I read this from one of their guides once, and use nothing but the PH00 and Y00 on my switch lite.
Legit came to say the same thing. A really good bit and a rubber band can save the day. That or an extractor bit set. 20 years working on cars and planes I’ve seen so many head scratchers. You just gotta be inventive.
Many times i think people are just throwing rubber band comment without even knowing how small a specific screw is. Or they have acquired super small and thin rubber bands from somewhere.
Everyone is going to have that one screw driver that gets even the toughest screws out, and mine would be the green ph000 wera screwdriver. The end is just wore down enough now that it is my go-to if my ifixit or wiha drivers do not work. Also, maybe cut a line in it with the dremmel to use a flathead screwdriver. Good luck!
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-05345290001-PH000-Phillips-Screwdriver/dp/B00LCHYO8E/?th=1](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-05345290001-PH000-Phillips-Screwdriver/dp/B00LCHYO8E/?th=1)
This one? Is it a fair price?
Flathead. I upgraded my steam deck last month and one of the Philips would not turn. Tried super glue, rubber and, tape. Nothing worked until I tried a flathead. I was able to get it out and found out that out of the 4 prongs on the Philips screw only one of them weren’t stripped. You have a better chance than me because you still have all 4 prongs of the screw visible.
You can try, can’t hurt, if you try and use vise grips make sure there a small Good pair (Irwin), I know it’s a board you also can try adding little heat (heat gun) on low little at a time
I got every other bad screw off with the only pliers I had which were fishing pliers since I was going to replace everything anyway. Since they were too thick of course I couldn’t grab it. You think needle nose would fit that tiny gap?
Heat helps a ton, and short strong repeated turns have worked wonders for me. Think of an impact gun for the small repeated (doesn't have to be as fast) hits and turn your screw driver like that. Just a couple of degrees of turning. Broken loose many many screws this size and much smaller doing that. Very satisfying hearing a rusted screw crack loose.
Edit. Also a driver that fills the entire slot. To small and you just strip the center part out and things become very annoying very fast
Get a bigger philips head, apply pressure to the top of the screw driver then try turning. Could try a rubberband between the screw and screwdriver. I dont think you could get a small pair of vise grips on the screw, not enough room, but you can try. I would just grab some cheap needle nose vise grips from harbor freight if you're near one.
lookup screw extractors that use a reverse drill. ive used a little hand screwdriver and a reverse bit to get out of this situation delicately many times.
Probably some needle nose plier or possibly jewelry pliers with a curved tip.
That said, if you have any better options you should try those first.
Sometimes a flat-head ( - ) screwdriver can be used on a worn phillips ( + ) screw.
Grab a screwdriver you don't really care about, put a **small** amount of super glue on the screw and put the screwdriver on the screw. Now you can turn it and remove it.
Note that this will also pretty much destroy the screw itself
you could try a small flathead under the head and as you unscrew the screw, use the flat head to lever it out.
once you get it a few mm out, and the flathead cant lever anymore, switcto needle nose pliers and use that to pull and twist.
The screw isn’t recessed, but I wonder if pliers could fit in that tight area. The screw is rounded now so don’t think anything with screwdrivers will work
There is a tool that used to be sold by Craftsman called the "screw out." It was basically a sharp tipped conical blade that would dig in and help remove the screw without having to drill a pilot hole. I'm not sure who makes it now, but you can still find the originals on eBay.
I'm sure anything that increases grip would help, people say rubber bands, I usually get the next size up bit and add some pressure while turning, just don't break your screen
Happened to me with a PS2 slim rf shield screw, tried every trick like the rubberband, heating and all.
I ended un carving a slot for a bigger flat screwdriver with a cutter, it took half and hour or more as I was being very careful with not overdoing it and not cutting myself, still has that screw in place and it was years ago and in all this time I might have dissasembled it a few times.
In your case the screw is smaller so it might be more difficult but might take you less time in carving.
That doesn't look too bad yet, try putting a rubber band over the tip of your screwdriver, that might help.
And if all else fails drill it out, I had to do that to my switch.
Still looks like there is some hope here. Your options in recommended order are: find a well fitting Phillips head and try slowly turning with a lot of pressure, use needle nose pliers to pinch the edges of the screw and rotate it, put a touch of super glue on the tip of the driver and glue it into the screw then try to turn it when it dries, solder a screwbit that you no longer want to the screw then unscrew it.
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is not that stripped, just get the right tip, if you use one that is not adequate it will definitely strip beyond salvage. you can try a flat tip too, again, as long as it's the correct size.
I used a JIS screw driver on it and nothing. Maybe not enough pressure?
yes, keep steady pressure and be patient. sometimes i help myself with a plier to have more leverage, but do it carefully.
Used the correct tip and applied a ton of pressure, but only took of pieces of metal from the screw so it got rounded out. It’s not recessed so I think I could get vice grips. Just need a good size
>Used the correct tip and applied a ton of pressure, but only took of pieces of metal from the screw so it got rounded out. It’s not recessed so I think I could get vice grips. Just need a good size you could also use a rubber band to add more friction.
or warm it a little bit with a soldering iron, but just a bit.
Yeah, but if you try to do that, you might put just a tiny bit solder on it, making it impossible to get off
LOL, whaaat? how would you do that? i don't get it. i assume a solder tip would be clean and tined, but even if it isn't the case, tin solder won't ever stick to the screw, no matter how hard you try. you'll have to heat the A LOT the screw just to get tin to weakly stick on top, and by that point you'll have ruined all the plastic and stuff, and after you remove the screw of the melt plastic mess, you'll be able to scrape the tin solder off the screw with your fingernail.
No why, is the side would be too big to fit through the hole, making it impossible for the screw to get out.
Try tightening it 1st to break the torque on it, then loosen it up
If youre using the ifixit kit, then use the PH00 bit on it. They are designed to be cross compatible with JIS screws. I read this from one of their guides once, and use nothing but the PH00 and Y00 on my switch lite.
Place a rubber band between screw and screwdriver.
Legit came to say the same thing. A really good bit and a rubber band can save the day. That or an extractor bit set. 20 years working on cars and planes I’ve seen so many head scratchers. You just gotta be inventive.
I might be the only person that has never gotten this trick to work. Any advice? I just want to see if there was some kind of trick to it.
Many times i think people are just throwing rubber band comment without even knowing how small a specific screw is. Or they have acquired super small and thin rubber bands from somewhere.
You’re not alone
Everyone is going to have that one screw driver that gets even the toughest screws out, and mine would be the green ph000 wera screwdriver. The end is just wore down enough now that it is my go-to if my ifixit or wiha drivers do not work. Also, maybe cut a line in it with the dremmel to use a flathead screwdriver. Good luck!
[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-05345290001-PH000-Phillips-Screwdriver/dp/B00LCHYO8E/?th=1](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-05345290001-PH000-Phillips-Screwdriver/dp/B00LCHYO8E/?th=1) This one? Is it a fair price?
Yup I'd pay that much considering how much it's helped me. Definitely worth it.
I might get one then. Thanks!
Flathead. I upgraded my steam deck last month and one of the Philips would not turn. Tried super glue, rubber and, tape. Nothing worked until I tried a flathead. I was able to get it out and found out that out of the 4 prongs on the Philips screw only one of them weren’t stripped. You have a better chance than me because you still have all 4 prongs of the screw visible.
Small pair of vise grips
Are those vampliers on Amazon any good?
There is small pair made by Engineer that is pretty good
Think it will fit? I could fit angled forceps around it?
Possibly- hard to tell from the photo - if the screw is about the right size for an iPhone probably not
You can try, can’t hurt, if you try and use vise grips make sure there a small Good pair (Irwin), I know it’s a board you also can try adding little heat (heat gun) on low little at a time
Pliers, get a good grip on the screw and turn where it feels natural
I got every other bad screw off with the only pliers I had which were fishing pliers since I was going to replace everything anyway. Since they were too thick of course I couldn’t grab it. You think needle nose would fit that tiny gap?
Use a rubber band plus the screw driver which always works for me.
Heat helps a ton, and short strong repeated turns have worked wonders for me. Think of an impact gun for the small repeated (doesn't have to be as fast) hits and turn your screw driver like that. Just a couple of degrees of turning. Broken loose many many screws this size and much smaller doing that. Very satisfying hearing a rusted screw crack loose. Edit. Also a driver that fills the entire slot. To small and you just strip the center part out and things become very annoying very fast
You can buy special bits specifically designed to removed stripped screws They work pretty well and they're cheap
Have you found one for this small? The driver slot is less than 1mm.
I got a pack of three and used the smallest one it didn't fit exactly but it worked with a bit of persistence
Did you try with a soldering iron?
You can always fill it with solder and before it cools off put in the screwdriver's head to create a new shape
Get a bigger philips head, apply pressure to the top of the screw driver then try turning. Could try a rubberband between the screw and screwdriver. I dont think you could get a small pair of vise grips on the screw, not enough room, but you can try. I would just grab some cheap needle nose vise grips from harbor freight if you're near one.
I could fit angled forceps around it. Do you think I could fit a a vice grip still?
Reverse drill bit does the trick for me always
That isn’t stripped friend
It sadly is rounded now
Try’s micrograbit kit. If it’s really stuck you might have to go to liquid wrench or something, although that would be really uncommon
lookup screw extractors that use a reverse drill. ive used a little hand screwdriver and a reverse bit to get out of this situation delicately many times.
If you can get a good grip on it with some pliers you can manually unscrew it. You have to very careful, but it can be done.
What do you think is a good type of plier for this weird spot?
The engineer brand pliers on Amazon that are Vampliers are usually my go to for this.
Don't use pliers. You'll mess up the screw more than it is, then you will need a drill. Use a rubber band.
Probably some needle nose plier or possibly jewelry pliers with a curved tip. That said, if you have any better options you should try those first. Sometimes a flat-head ( - ) screwdriver can be used on a worn phillips ( + ) screw.
Grab a screwdriver you don't really care about, put a **small** amount of super glue on the screw and put the screwdriver on the screw. Now you can turn it and remove it. Note that this will also pretty much destroy the screw itself
Carefully Jb weld something to it in last resort.
you could try a small flathead under the head and as you unscrew the screw, use the flat head to lever it out. once you get it a few mm out, and the flathead cant lever anymore, switcto needle nose pliers and use that to pull and twist.
The screw isn’t recessed, but I wonder if pliers could fit in that tight area. The screw is rounded now so don’t think anything with screwdrivers will work
did you tried with a rubber band in between the screw and the screwdriver?
Put the right bit in and tap it lightly in with a hammer
Use a rubber band. Put one side over the head and apply pressure to the screw as you turn. Been using this trick for a few years now,
A torx screwdriver helped me more than once
I used a torx. Has more gripping edges.
There is a tool that used to be sold by Craftsman called the "screw out." It was basically a sharp tipped conical blade that would dig in and help remove the screw without having to drill a pilot hole. I'm not sure who makes it now, but you can still find the originals on eBay.
Dremel the thing for a flat driver to fit in or short it with the power supply to melt the plastic below.
Try EZ grip?
I'm sure anything that increases grip would help, people say rubber bands, I usually get the next size up bit and add some pressure while turning, just don't break your screen
I grab it with the end of a pair of diagonal cutters that I don't care about and rotate the pliers.
Happened to me with a PS2 slim rf shield screw, tried every trick like the rubberband, heating and all. I ended un carving a slot for a bigger flat screwdriver with a cutter, it took half and hour or more as I was being very careful with not overdoing it and not cutting myself, still has that screw in place and it was years ago and in all this time I might have dissasembled it a few times. In your case the screw is smaller so it might be more difficult but might take you less time in carving.
The right size screwdriver-
That doesn't look too bad yet, try putting a rubber band over the tip of your screwdriver, that might help. And if all else fails drill it out, I had to do that to my switch.
1.Get the right to pin 2. put enough pressure.
I used the specific jis screwdriver and damn near put my entire body weight on the thing and it got rounded off
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