How to remove damaged Torx screw for Neff Oven door

Wishful_Thinker

I have removed my Neff Oven door to put in a new hinge. However I have managed to remove all the Torx screws but one without a problem. However the remaining one seems to have a damaged head and I cannot budge it. I have tried WD40 to loosen and also used a Torx screwdriver. As the screw is near the glass which I do not want to damage I suspect I need to be careful. Has anyone any ideas please how to loosen /remove the remaining Torx screw. Thank you.

cootuk

As a last resort you could carefully file away the round top at the sides to create a standard bolt head that a normal spanner could grip.

shaun_from_Africa

Another way is to get a junior hacksaw (you may have to use the blade without the handle) to cut a slot in the head of the screw.
You should then be able to use a flat bladed screwdriver to get remove the screw.

keystone

Drill it out.

Cheers

vaio

keystone wrote: »

Drill it out.

Cheers

x 2............

SillyLily

have you tried putting a thick rubberband over the head of the screw & then using the screwdriver??? i've had success with that trick before...the rubberband fills in the stripped space....
good luck!!

vaio

the other option if you don't fancy a drilling is to glue (epoxy) a drive bit into the damaged head

Ainsley1

Take to an engineering workshop for them to drill and use a stud extractor to remove would be one option.

However if cleaned up and free from all grease (clean well with alcohol), if done with care Vaio's idea might just do the trick but you will need to use a good epoxy and let it really set. Preferably not of the quick setting variety to get maximum strength as the heat from the oven may well have jammed the screw good and tight!

Use a bit of copper ease when reassembling to reduce the problem for the future (as used on car break parts). Oils may just burn on and make the matter worse.

...and if that doesn't work you ban always drink the alcohol! :-)

premkit

Some slotted screwdrivers fit into the hole of torx, get one that fits snug. Wd40 before.

Ganga

Is the screw in the glass or the metal part of the door?is it located flush with the door? if in the metal part take a punch and a hammer( you need a punch the size of the screw head ) place the face of the punch on the face of the screw head and give it a tap with the hammer, this will do 2 things,1) it will shock the threads in the hole, 2) it will knock the disturbed metal in the screw head back into the hole that the torx screwdriver fits into, take the correct torx driver and drive it home with hammer,it should then take out the screw.
If the screw head stick out proud of the door you could just use a pair of mole-grips to grip it and slacken it.

spannerzone

I use a screw head friction paste to remove mashed up screw heads- it's a silvery paste that has fine toughened grit in it and it makes a good solid fit between the driver and the worn screw head/bolt etc.

The stuff I use is called Screw Doktor but there's other stuff like EZ Grip or Screw Grab....not sure who sells it in the UK (mine came from Germany) but I used it to remove a round off security wheel lock nut that would not budge and other very rounded screws and it was amazingly good....curiously not easily located here though. I think some use metal grinding paste to get the same effect.