How To Remove Rusted or Damaged Fasteners - EricTheCarGuy
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- How To Remove Rusted or Damaged Fasteners - EricTheCarGuy
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I get asked about how to handle situations like this from time to time and it was great to have the opportunity to make this video about how I handle this situation. Like most techniques it takes a little practice but I think you get the idea from the video and I hope the info saves your butt someday, it's saved mine plenty.
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This is so good to know. Rusted fasteners always turn my 1 hour job into a 6 hour job.
I don't have a bench grinder to grind down a broken tool so I found a blue concrete screw that was very sharp. With a couple of whacks, I loosened a rusted screw that I had been working on for hours with fancy store bought extractors that did not do the job. Thanks for your help. Now I only have about 20 more screws to extract.
As my car gets older, and it's led a very very abused life both on the road and on a circuit, more and more of these videos have become useful to me. Would never have known this technique without discovering it myself or someone else telling me how to do it over the phone (and then I'd owe my mechanic a favour hahah)
Thank you for making them.
Thank you for reminding me Eric. I used to use this method years ago, but had forgotten about it. It worked great for getting the doors of of my Suzuki Samurai, when the impact screwdriver did not. You are the man. Jim
Thank you for this post. I was able to remove my evaporative cooler motor, finally. God bless you!!!
This is perfect! I used this method just today, made short work of 6 screws that were stuck tight. Most of them had nothing left for a screw driver to grip, used vice grips to twist them out once they broke loose. Thanks again!
Amazing. I used the same idea with a cross screwdriver. I dremeled the points to get it sharper. Worked a treat. Many thanks. From UK
Thankyou for posting this video.
I removed a stuck screw on my motorcycle in 5 seconds with this technique after spending 5 minutes trying to be careful not to strip the head.
Legend!
This screw was HARDENED but the technique worked GREAT with a standard screwdriver and hammer. Thanks!!! REALLY needed to resolve this! 👍
Thanks Eric. It`s guys like you that help workin stiffs like me keep their vehicles on the road safely. Can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge.
Great explanation. Used a nail set and ground tip to a point. Than followed Eric’s instructions. Worked great. Thank you. Paul
Thx Eric! You just helped me tremendously! No way I would have ever got that truck bed bolt out w/o using the air chisel!
Eric, looks great, for smaller fasteners,
I was having trouble with my bolts that had rust on my calipers and this method helped me out, E. Thanks!
This screw was HARDENED but the technique worked GREAT with a standard screwdriver and hammer. Thanks!!! REALLY needed to resolve this. Thanks a lot from India
Thanks Eric!!! I am having the exact same problem with one of my car's cooling fans. One of the screws came off easily but the other two are hell. Thanks for your great videos!!!🎉
Tried this today and worked like a charm on my BMW E30, thank you. No air tools, just used a punch and a hammer. Spraying the back of the screw with PB blaster was really important
Thank you so much for posting this video. Removing the floor panel over the transmission of my 1949 Chevy truck was kicking my a$$ due to 10 screws rusted solidly in place. The sharp center punch in the hammer drill did not work for me. However, using that same center punch and a few sharp blows with a hammer, more solvent, and then twisting the screw a little each way allowed the solvent to loosen them up and they all came out. After a few screws I had to resharpen the punch to make it work again. Thanks again.
I saw so many videos how to open rusted screws but I like none of them except your video, thanks keep it up,
Thank you! Been removing differential covers from 40 year old AMC 20 axles and this tip saved me from breaking out my welder. Stupid torx fasteners...
erick.... 3 hrs fighting an old phillips head on the bottom end cases of a yamaha blaster 200 atv... and did your method with an old stripped phillips driver and a hammer... ur a geniiuss
hey eric , love your videos,i am a mechanic too,but when it comes to rotor bolts i have found that if you use the impact driver to the right first ...then to the left i have never had a problem !!!! AND if you do have a problem , i then take a die grinder and grind a huge flat big enough to use the large flat blade impact blade , that is all it takes to remove the bolts,most people just use the phillips and bang away. have had to teach sooo many people that just beating on it does not work !!!!! one other thing,.......always use a dead blow hammer as shock is VERY important !!!!!!
well done.
I'm just pissed that such a simple solution escaped me till I saw your vid !
Wow super useful!!! Never would'a though of this!! Thanks Eric!
Ericthecarguy is, I believe, the completion to the Karma Wheel. When Karma gives me a bad deal and rusts all the bolts on my truck so maintenance is extremely difficult and frustrating, ETCG comes in, enlightens me, and solves my rusty bolt/bad Karma situation and BAM!!! I'm back on the road again with new brake pads and a fresh outlook on life.
This worked great for me on two screws that had been driving me crazy for awhile now! Thanks!
Omg its worked so well. I used short screwdriver and plastic hammer help to open frozen screw from my hand planer. Thank u a lot! I tried many way but not work till i saw ur way!!
You can't have enough ways to do this kind of job, because often one works when others done. I like the recent theme, to focus on common problems like this. Well done.
awesome trick that really helped me out with my countersunk M3 that was totally rusted and striped.
My day is done, I learned something new. Thanks Eric The Car Guy !
Living in NY with all the snow and salt it's really tough not to come across parts that don't want to fight you. I had to change out my friends outer tie-rod. I forgot my pickle fork at home but remembered your advice to "hit what it goes through so I gave the knuckle a few good whacks then remembered you saying in a stimulation like that to thread the nut on just enough and hit the nut. I did just that and like magic it came loose. I had that job done in 35 min with out a problem. Thank you
Brilliant video! Thanks for uploading it.
As someone suggested, I also have used a dremel tool to cut a slot in the head of the screw so that I could then use a regular screwdriver. And that works fine IF you have enough room for the dremel tool to gain access to the head of the screw at the proper angle. But as Eric shows, this method could be a good alternative. Also, instead of sharpening a tool down to a point, why not just use a center punch?
Thxs man that was the exact problem i was having with my radiator fan this video helped so much saved me some money lol
Very nice. I could have used this on a set of carbs I just did. I ended up using and impact screw driver and bolt extractor, but I will definately try this next time too. Thanks.
I use the same method. Love my air hammer! Sometimes I take my cut off tool and make a slot, them hit it with the impact and slotted bit.
Great tip! Sad thing is right now this won't help me with my issue. I have a stripped out seized screw hidden way up in a tight spot under the dash of my 67 Datsun Roadster. This is the last of 4 screws that hold the fresh air flap assembly in place.
ERIC, I did not believe you - I tried - now I believe you! Fantastic vid!!
Eric, you're the best
Eric the car guy, master mechanic and a genius .
Useful tip - I've also used a junior handsaw and cut a slot on old phillip headed screws - it works too.
ERIC IS EVERYWHERE!!!!! i like how you said that towards the end of the video!
A very informative video. I am wondering if I can employ this method in much smaller screws, such as in old computer shielding etc where the top of screws are often already shredded and screw taps are not of much use. I will need to do some experimenting.
Great tip, I'll be using this technique in the future for sure!
Happened to me with my cooling fan also, I used my Dremel tool cut the head screw halfway and used my flathead screw driver and unscrew it works great. But this one looks awesome, I will try in my future projects.
Worked a treat, thought i was making it worse but i kept banging and then it started moving. Hurray!!! i used a hammer and punch. Great video, concise to the point. I am very thankful
Awesome and thankyou very much from down under. So helpful
This tip is gold. Thanks Eric!
I can't exactly do that with my laptop. XD
How the hell does a laptop screw rust so bad it won't open?
at least you can try... [and here's a tip- keep the next one out of the water...]
Try putting a rubber band on the screw driver tip. It wil give you more grip.
It was a DELL rolling in the deep
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Good tip, nice clear instructions as usuall. Thanks again.
This was a great tip. Thanks Eric.
Great set of tips!.... Literally!
Video quality is 101% best ☝️keep going
Thanks sir! I never had this idea
good demonstration eric.thanx...you the man...max
This is still really helpful event after 9 years!
Good tip. Also spraying the screw HEAD and letting the oil penetrate beneath it helps more than oiling the threads.
Thx Eric the car guy .... story of my life......
Respect for also showing how well a hammer and punch works. Thanks for this!
Awesome points! Thank you!!
Wonderful! I couldn't open my bed nuts. Then the idea of watching a video on CZcams came to my mind. Luckily, I got this video. I was amazed, I was very successful in applying the method.
Thank you very much.
thanks for teaching fantastic tricks.
This is fantastic. Thank you!
Very cool. Thanks again. You're the best amigo!
Thanks Eric This Helped me out
Thanks. Worked like a charm.
I didn't have the customized hammer but I used a screw to hammer around the edges of my tubdrain screws. 35 year old, corroded screw finally came loose. Much appreciated 🙏🏿
Nice tip. Personally I use a small chisel and a hammer, or a similar attachment to an air hammer, to knock the fasteners loose. I aim it right at the edge of the 'flat' or 'phillips' groove and hit it at an angle in a counter-clockwise fashion.
Hey Julien that was what i used it was the only other thing i i couldthink of besides heating it. But thanks for the help anyway. This was my first time taking a starter out. So i popped my cherry
Great trick, Eric!
Tried it , It works like nothing thank youuuu great tip !
Thanks, worked like a charm👍
Thanks Eric! Great tip!
Great tips. Now I'll try to remember this next time I need to brake a bolt loose
Thanks a lot for the information.
Great tip. Thnx Eric!
Thank you Eric for the tip.
Awesome tip! I love my nut splitter but this looks like it works in situations where a nut splitter wouldn't. I'll be making one of these soon! Thanks Eric, you're the man!
What awesome timing Eric! But my problem is the nut is turning but just not coming loose.
Really helpful, thanks for the tip.
Eric, if the head of a rusty bolt / screw completely snaps off and the rest is stuck in a slot how would you get that out? there was one VERY rusty bolt near the diagnostic box in my car's engine bay and when I went to take it out it snapped off and now it's just stuck in there.
Any easy ways please?
This helped me get a stuck bolt out of an 80+ year old rifle. Thanks man.
very nice your quick tips..
I'd certainly think so. Nice C5 by the way.
Thanks! It worked just as you said!
You are without doubts Gods gift in the mechanical world hahaha !! cheers mate !
Gotta try this. Just got a little commuter Honda and I’m struggling trying to remove the mass airflow sensor screws
great tip!!! keep doing this videos...
I have a couple of bolts that broke off. They hold the brake caliper on my lawn tractor. I was able to remove the caliper, but I tried an easy out and broke the drill bit off, as well as every other bit that size that I own . I ordered a "Speedout " kit, and I was able to drill into the bolt, but when I flipped over to the tap side it just stripped out. The bolts are threaded into the differential " which is full of fluid ". I am thinking of using a torch to heat up the bolts and try again to remove them while they're hot. I am concerned about burning the differential oil. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
wow that was cool!! did you reuse those screws? or did you find a replacement?
Thanks Eric!
Thanks you sooo much it’s very helpful 🎉
another great tip, thanks
i have found that using a small rotary tool to cut a groove across the head of the screw and then use a large flat head screwdriver to unscrew works as well
Cool tip....thanks for posting.
Wowwww. Useful video 🤩👍👍👍
Great video!
Fing Fantastic! Love the tip!!
Hey it worked! thanks so much!!
This is the first I've heard of these problems, aside from the manifold. I'd still say they're a good value for money. In my area, departments generally sell them under 100,000 miles and for less than $4k. For what it's worth I'd rather have a Caprice as far as column shift, rear wheel drive, V8 sedans go. And those happen to be my favorite kind of car.
Top tip.
Would it also work with stuck glow plugs?