Comments | ritual605: strip, you screws

ritual605

strip, you screws

Sep 25, 2009 17:23

I attempted to replace my license plates earlier. The back one was no problem, but the screws attaching the front plate to the car would not budge, and I ended up stripping them. After getting WD-40 on it and everything, nothing would do it. Now I'll have to spend a good chunk of money to get them cut off. At least I have the license plate with ( Read more... )

Comments 6

cmetom September 26 2009, 14:27:56 UTC

drill out the stripped screws (literally drill through them), then replace with larger screws that will cut their own new thread as you force them in.

elexa September 26 2009, 14:28:26 UTC

yay for having a mechanic BF. I'd just go grab a dremmel with a grinding bit.

____1000birds September 26 2009, 14:32:23 UTC

oiling and drilling them might help too (I only know that because I've done it to eyewire screws)

lauscho September 27 2009, 09:00:29 UTC

Yours is the drill that will pierce the hea- i mean the license plate screws.

motorola_otaku September 28 2009, 14:59:33 UTC

Aw man. I am sad for you vicariously, because I have all the tools necessary to fix such a problem. ;(

Any respectable mechanic shop should fix that for you for free. I mean, seriously, we're talking maybe 2 minutes tops of labor with a grinder and a drill.