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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 639142" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I used to get about two dozen jobs like this a year at work. Two little tricks I used might help. Measure the allen wrench across the flats to see if there is a metric wrench (or vise versa) that is a few thousandths bigger. Heat the screw head with a soldering iron, and jam the wrench into the female hex. I have had them where I used shim stock as well, but that dosn't work as well. If you have to drill the bolt head off, use a tap drill size for the screw thread. If by chance you have a set of left hand drills and the soldering iron your probably home free. It takes about 230 degrees to melt the loctite, so the iron is plenty good enough. And lastly don't use Loctite 242 on small screws like that; no matter who says it's OK!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 639142, member: 25383"] I used to get about two dozen jobs like this a year at work. Two little tricks I used might help. Measure the allen wrench across the flats to see if there is a metric wrench (or vise versa) that is a few thousandths bigger. Heat the screw head with a soldering iron, and jam the wrench into the female hex. I have had them where I used shim stock as well, but that dosn't work as well. If you have to drill the bolt head off, use a tap drill size for the screw thread. If by chance you have a set of left hand drills and the soldering iron your probably home free. It takes about 230 degrees to melt the loctite, so the iron is plenty good enough. And lastly don't use Loctite 242 on small screws like that; no matter who says it's OK! gary [/QUOTE]
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