Thread 2930850

By desperately trying to take a screw off my tv with a electric screwdriver (those that are big and also work as drills) I damaged the drive to the point taking off the thing has gotten impossible.

Tell me /diy/ what would you do? My idea was to use a small plier to take off the screw but then I would have to buy one that's small enough to enter the zone of the issue.

Use a screw extractor, or hammer in a sacrificial bit of a larger size or different shape.

typically, a screw only screws into the part inside the unit
the screw should not be attached to the shell at all
so, now that the screw-head is gone, you should be able to pry off the shell with a bit of force
then you'll have a clear path to grab the screw with pliers

failing that, you can dremel or drill off the plastic around the screw until the shell breaks free
(to reattach shell, use a washer)

failing that, you can use a 60-watt soldering iron to heat the screw and melt the plastic around it, then pull off the shell

>>2930857
Incredible the very little people who knows these in my country.

The sacrificial bit is a great idea but I fear damaging the plastic of the device.

>>2930858
I forget to say that two screws are stuck on the tv therefore the option of using force can't be because of the plastic back.

>>2930850 (OP)
> By desperately trying to take a screw off my tv with a electric screwdriver (those that are big and also work as drills)
lol. Lmao even.

>>2930878
I was going to sell it that night hence the "desperately". The old hag didn't come.

>>2930850 (OP)
>My idea was to use a small plier to take off the screw but then I would have to buy one that's small enough to enter the zone of the issue.
That might work.

The screw extractor is probably the best solution.
If you can find reverse thread drill bits, that could work too.Worst case they don't grab enough to turn the screw and you drill the head off. Then you can pull the plastic shell off since there's no head to hold it and with the shell removed there will probably be enough screw exposed to rotate it out with pliers.

Since I have an oscillating tool I would probably try cutting a slot in the screw head with a bit like pic related, then using a flat head screw driver to extract it.

>>2930850 (OP)
I usually use a drill bit the size of the head of the screw and drill out the head letting it sleeve off.

>>2930857
These have been godsends. They sell them also in the dollae tree stores. Genius whoever made this

Got one. So what's next? I don't know how to use this shit.

>>2931145
>I don't know how to use this shit

there's 1 million youtube videos showing you how
pro-tip: said videos tend to show successes but, in real life, those things fail to work 75% of the time

>>2930850 (OP)>>2930857
First time seeing this tool and I have a similar problem as OP, could the pic related do the trick or I need something else?