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Chewed Screw Head

jakeeehh
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The screw that holds the cover of my cabin filter housing has had the head chewed up pretty bad and I can't unscrew it to change the cabin filter. Any suggestions on how I can get it off/out?

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    Is it a torx type head?

    Try a flat blade screwdriver in it or if you can get into it, cut a slot in it with a Dremel tool.

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    Try a thick elastic band

    Lay it over the screw head and apply a firm pressure on it with the screwdriver

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    When I was in the Range shop recently there was one of those video thingies playing advertising a gadget when could be used to remove damaged screws, from the video, of course, there was no damaged screw that it could not remove.

    Also you could buy a screwdriver and file it down to fit any usable part of the screw. Or you could drill it out.

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    Yeah its a really small torx head, must me something like a T20 star bit. Will need to find

    replacement screw as well.

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    cut a slot in it and just use a flat screwdriver

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