What's the solution for a stripped rotor screw?

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Thanks.

 

Drill it out, then throw them away.
To remove the other non striped ones is an impact hammer.

 

using a drill bit with a large diameter such as a 11/32, drill out the screw till the head of the screw pops off. then you can take the rotor off and the threads of the screw should just be able to spin out with a pliers.

 

try an impact tool with the proper bit depending on how stripped it is, otherwise you need to use an ez out. Maybe you could try drilling the head off too, look at the other side and see how much would be left if you drilled the head off.

 

drill it out then un screw with vise grips. new screws usaully come with rotors

 

At PACC auto they use a center punch and hammer at the edge of the screw, so that if it budged it would budge in the counter-clockwise direction. Took mine off with just a few good punches.

Let us know what method u get it off with!

 

you'll also wanna use a number 3 screwdriver bit.

 

use a plasma gun

 

damn i hate when that happens

just drill it out

 

Thanks for you input guys. The easiest way is probably to just drill them out. It'll be fine without those screws right? I'm too lazy for other techniques.

 

do methods already mentioned and then throw those ******* screws away! i hate those screws!....and yeah, you dont need them...no other vehicles have those stupid screws, they're put on during vehicle assembly just to hold the rotor in place.

 

Drill them out and replace them with some better grade ones. I have some stainless steel ones in mine, and can remove them all day long. The factory ones are made of really soft material, and have the Philips strip out very easily (but they drill out real easy too ).

I ran mine without for a good while, but was having problems getting my rotors to stay flat, especially when someone else changes your tires, (Discount, etc.), and don't take the time to seat your brake/rim properly.

Just go buy some better screws from a hardware store, etc. and save yourself some grief.

Adrian

 

cut a slot in the head of the screw with a dremel tool or something and use a large flat head screwdriver. sometimes this is a quick fix.

 

Verdict...

I used two methods today. One rotor screw was hopeless, it was nothing but a crater. I drilled this one out, it took some time and I worn down 3 drill bits.

The other rotor screw still had some form of a Philips shape left. So I got a chisel and gripped what whatever that was left of the jagged edge of the screw. Kept hitting it counter clockwise and soon enough it came loose.

I attempted the dremel trick but didn't have the proper bits. So in conclusion, chiselling counter clockwise is the easiest if you can get a grip on the screw, but if you're at a dead end drill it out.