[stoinkythepig]

I can't find my Phillips head screwdriver and I was wondering if there is any other way to take these screws out. I was thinking of using my cutting torch but figured that would wreck the fairing.

[dhuze]

use a slotted screwdriver that fits half of the phillips head.

[dhuze]

or you could buy 2 phillips screwdrivers

[SSearchVT]

A small flathead screwdriver has worked for me. Swiss army knife, leatherman, etc... worst case I find the sawzall fixes all...

[SSearchVT]

A trip to Sears...

[Tricky Mike]

Tack weld a torx-head bolt onto it and use your torx drivers?

[SSearchVT]

Don't forget to turn it clockwise until you hear something crack, and then back off an 1/8 of a turn.

[stoinkythepig]

Originally Posted by trickphoto

Tack weld a torx-head bolt onto it and use your torx drivers?

That's what I'll do

[hessogood]

Originally Posted by KB

Use a big hammer

[highsider]

The bike is junk, take it to the scrap yard.

[KB]

Originally Posted by hessogood

You're not a nice man.

KB

[hessogood]

Originally Posted by rmbbikes

You're not a nice man.

KB

It goes, "You know what? You're not very nice."

[JeffL]

Use vise grips to grip the lip of the screw and back it out that way.

[Kitt]

i thought the first post was for real for a minute...

[rebelpacket]

Cut the biznatch out. Don't worry about the fairing. It'll give it that "weathered" look.

[beet]

Dave don't do what the fools say!
A few guys could lift it easy.

[stoinkythepig]

Originally Posted by beet

Dave don't do what the fools say!
A few guys could lift it easy.

That's what we did. I welded a torx head socket to my anvil and then we flipped the bike over, gently jammed it down onto the torx drive, spun the bike around a few times and the screw came right out.

[Bhavesh]

tell it that you put a hole in the rubber...that screw will come right out

[Punjistick]

Watch out for japanese phillips screws.

"Japanese Phillips (called "plus driver" in Japan) and American/European Phillips screw heads and screwdriver tips have different engineering specifications that makes the interchange of the two problematic. A letter to the editor in the Winter 2006 issue of Robot magazine points out that many Asian manufacturers have adopted the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) for Phillips heads and tips, which has a different shape than the original Phillips design. The JIS standard is designed to not cam-out, while the original Phillips standard has a cruciform-recessed shape that is designed to cam-out."

[97BladeRider]

Originally Posted by Punjistick

Watch out for japanese phillips screws.

Wouldn't those be Phirrips screws?





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[selltekk]

ROFLMAO LOL

[Dznutz]

Originally Posted by 97BladeRider

Wouldn't those be Phirrips screws?





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