Engine Cover Screw rounded off.....

[santoz]

One of the screws on the engine cover of my 182 decided to round itself off , the other three weren't too bad to get off loads of WD40 and heat but now i've no way of getting the fourth one out .

Any ideas?

Not enough room to get my dremel close to cut a flat line out of either

 

[edgeydt50]

superglue an old screw driver head into it. Make sure you dont want to use it again. You will have to buy a replacement bolt but should do the job.

 

[Chris Mac]

bang a larger torx bit in with a hammer

 

[Beef-Mc]

Blowtorch will sort it out nicely...

 

[BioHzrd]

Blowtorch will sort it out nicely...

Along with melting the cover......

 

[ditz]

just hammer a flat screwdriver, torx or anything really thats oversized in to it

they arent really tight

 

[zack40]

if all of the above fail try drilling it out then when the cover is off get some molegrips or pliers on the stubs and they should come out, i had to do this on mine a few years ago..

 

[rich-6]

bang a larger torx bit in with a hammer

+1

 

[santoz]

going to try banging a bigger torx head on it.

Where i'll get a new bolt, is it a standard size or special (lenght) Though i'm sure i could just get the dremel out and modify the lenght :rasp: