Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Screw removal trick

Phil wrote <<Tiger could have benefited from this advice ( screw removal)
hmmmm, do you think this is a marketable product?>>

I'd bet a lot of politicians and aspiring politicians would want "Screw 

Removal" as

well as a lot of divorce's.  (the screwing you get for the screwing you got)

;-)

LarryT

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From: "philville dejazzd.com" <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:33 AM
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Screw removal trick

  Great idea......good to hear from you, either it has been a while or I
  just missed seeing your mail

  I'll bet Tiger could have benefited from this advice ( screw removal)
  hmmmm, do you think this is a marketable product?
  Merry Christmas, Phil
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
  Date: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:49 pm
  Subject: [Ferrari] Screw removal trick
  To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
  Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
  > Thought I'd share a screw removal trick that I learned while
  > trying to
  > fix the seat track sensors on my 355 spider. The trick is
  > courtesy of
  > mechanic Jeff Carriker of Carriker's Automotive in NC who
  > rebuilt my
  > sensors. It worked so well in removing my seat tracks that I
  > have used
  > it for many other tough screw removals and it is a bit
  > miraculous. I'm
  > sure you old wrenches already know it, but for some of the budding
  > DIYers it might be as helpful as I have found it.
  >
  > In removing many screws, the screws are either so tight, or old, or
  > subjected to heat or corrosion that you can't remove them without
  > stripping them.
  >
  > The hint Jeff gave me with the 355 seat track bolts (which are allen
  > heads but this works especially well for phillips heads) was to
  > get a
  > little tube of valve grinding compound (sometimes called valve
  lapping
  > compound) which is available at any auto parts store for just a
  couple
  > of dollars. This is essentially an extremely gritty water-based
  > solutionthat is used for polishing valves so that they sit
  > tightly to their
  > seats. However, if you put a little bit on the tip of your
  screwdriver
  > or wrench, it gives the surfaces much stronger friction. That way
  > instead of twisting out and reaming the head of the screw, the
  > screwdriver or wrench gets traction and can actually transfer the
  > torque.
  >
  > Tonight I was trying to take a glass shower door off its track. The
  > screws had been there since 1991 and in a wet environment and the
  > screwdriver had no hope of removing them alone. A little dip in the
  > valve grinding compound and I had all four screws off in
  > seconds, and in
  > a condition that they could be reused since their phillips heads
  > had not
  > been rounded in the removal process. It really is a terrific
  > time and
  > effort saver.
  >
  > Maybe some of you guys who have been doing your own work for a
  > long time
  > can share other such tricks with the rest of the group...
  >
  > -- charles
  >
  >
  >
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Re: Screw removal trick	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: LarryT (l02turnercomcast.net)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:31:23 -0800 (PST)