I've vigorously tried to unscrew these horrible things, and i haven't succeeded. Now they are practically stripped. THEY ARE SOOOOOO FREAKING TIGHT INTO IT I DONT GET IT! Why would they need to be THAT tight. Nothing can make them budge and now theyre stripped. IT looks like i wasted 30 bucks on a new air filter now cuz i can't even use it. I'm SO MAD! is there anything i can still do to save myself from this mess?
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use a drill bit that is about 1mm smaller than the diameter of the head of the screw your trying to remove, then drill the head off, pull your air filter off and then you will have plenty of the screw body showing that you can put a good set of pliers on. -
Drill the head of the screw off by drilling right on the spot where you would insert the screwdriver to turn the screw. This will allow you to pull the old air filter right off, and then you can use a good pair of pliers to turn the screw bodies and get them to come out.Comment
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Originally posted by SurfRiderdo what he said, but after u get them out, take a dremel and instead of using pliers to get them out, try cutting a groove into the screws and use a screwdriver to get them outComment
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Mine did this also. so i figured What the heck Im replacing the Air filter anyhow so I broke the back plastic A/F plate enough to get a good set of visegrips on those screws and took them off that way.Pocket-Moto.com Admin
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same thing happened to me, after the cheap screwdriver that it came with broke, the screws stripped, and i also used a vice grip and turned the head of the screwComment
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ok cut the head of the screw off and use vice grips or sumthing and clamp it onto the stud that is still there and unscrew it, it will come out!! just like taking the studs out of the cylinder for the exhaust on a stock sport!!! well thats how i did it ne way!! hope this helped!!!freestyle goped sport!!!Comment
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