As my luck would have it while installing the quick detach hardware on my Road Glide, I was taking off the last torx screw and yep, stripped the head out... not totally but pretty damn close. Someone at the factory loaded it up with locktite.... I know I can visit the dealer and they've surely run into this more than once and can take it out and I will be back in business. However, thought I'd run this by yall for some suggestions. It is the last one at the top of the saddlebag support rail so gripping it with vice grips is not much of an option since the chrome rail is within a quarter inch or less....

Thoughts?

Thanks
Boogey Man

 

I have removed screws that the heads are stripped by cutting a groove with a small cut off wheel on a dremel into the screw head. Then I take a large straight blade screw driver with a hex shank. While pressing the screw driver into the groove with 1 hand put a wrench with the other hand on the hex shaft of the screw driver and loosen the screw. I do this all the time on stripped and rusted screws on electrical equipment I work on at work. On a bike I would recomend taping everthing off in case you slip.

 

Good thought! Thanks for the input.

 

GRind the head off flush, remove hardware and then try gripping bolt? OR can you drive the next size tox in place of the stripped out one? Maybe a pin torque to heat the head of the bolt to soften the loctite? Good luck....
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more good thoughts.. grinding the head isn't an option due to the proximity of the chrome support and paint... heating a smaller torx may help soften the loctite.. wish I had a larger torx but already at that size now.. using supplied HD torx driver which aren't the best but better than what I had which was not going to fit anyway lol.

 

Go to Sears, buy the next size up Torx, and while your there also pickup a impact driver.It willcome in real handy with a motorcycle, if you plan on doing alot of your own wrenching.

Heat the head, insert the torx, smack the driver, fastner should now be loose.

 

Great reply, thanks! I'll be heading to Sears this afternoon after work and pick those up and give it a "whack" this evening.

Much appreciated.

 

I've done the dremel/slotted screw driver deal before with success. Try to tap a regular allen key in also. Have you tried going the other way first to break it loose.

 

If you get a chance (for my future reference), post what you did and how well it worked.

 

You could also drill the head of the screw.Use a drill bit the same size of the thread diameter and drill thru the head to the threaded part of the bolt.Remove the parts and then grab the exposed bolt with vise-grips.