From: James Nichols (smilr_at_mac.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 14:52:09 PDT
I have found on occasion that rounded out Torx screwheads turn into
fully functional allen (hex) wrench screwheads. Have you tried using an
appropriately sized allen-wrench or a slightly larger than t-8 flathead
screwdriver on the rounded screwhead?
J. T. Nichols
On Jun 1, 2004, at 4:45 PM, Dan wrote:
> Hi all,
> Well I went to take appart emate #1 today (finally got a T-8 bit from
> sears), and I got all the screws (and plugs) out except for the one at
> the
> handle. Imagine my suprise when I find that one is all rounded out.
> Apparently someone tried to take it appart at one point with the wrong
> tool,
> destroyed the screw head, then put the plug back in so no one would be
> the
> wiser. Drat! I am certainly not up to drilling out, so it looks like
> this
> emate will just have to keep going till its cable fails due to spring
> problems (which is amost a given from what I hear) then try to get it
> drilled out.
>
> *lots of grumbling going on in the background*
>
> -Dan
>
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