Removing over tightened torx screws

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A_Blade_Afficionado

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I can't get the torx screws on my blur to move with all my strength and I'm scared to strip them. What should I do? These are insanely tight screws.
 
put your correct size torx bit in the screw head & tap it firmly then turn (to the left) If it doesn't budge secure the item in a padded vise & tap & turn at same time. Good Luck, Ruff Cobb
 
I hate to say it, no. No other options really. Your best bet is to turn your tool as hard and as fast as possible. Often times the shock and speed will help. If you do strip it out, not a big deal. Left handed drill bits are available, and work very well for small hardware. Extractors are good too but I prefer left handed drill bits.

I run into this problem all the time, I work on cars for a living. It drives me crazy when I encounter unnecessarilly tight hardware. All you can really do is muscle it, if it strips or breaks so be it, that's what tools are for.

I would be hesitant to get high heat anywhere near my blades, for obvious heat treat reasons. A hair dryer would be as hot as I'd go.
 
It's stripped. If they made the stupid torx screws half as tough as the blades they wouldn't get stripped. I slip once trying to remove it and the whole damn head is ruined. And the torx bit is slightly tweaked now too. Crappy way to start the weekend.
 
A_Blade_Afficionado said:
It's stripped. If they made the stupid torx screws half as tough as the blades they wouldn't get stripped. I slip once trying to remove it and the whole damn head is ruined. And the torx bit is slightly tweaked now too. Crappy way to start the weekend.
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At this point I would very carefully use a dremmel to cut a slot into the screw and remove with a flat head.
 
Dekz said:
At this point I would very carefully use a dremmel to cut a slot into the screw and remove with a flat head.
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Make sure you do it sober, I tried something similar with a flash I after a few drinks and it didn’t work out so well for me.
 
A_Blade_Afficionado said:
It's stripped. If they made the stupid torx screws half as tough as the blades they wouldn't get stripped. I slip once trying to remove it and the whole damn head is ruined. And the torx bit is slightly tweaked now too. Crappy way to start the weekend.
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Send it back to Kershaw before you do something you will really regret, they have great customer service, and they overtightened it, soooo...:D
 
GregS said:
Send it back to Kershaw before you do something you will really regret, they have great customer service, and they overtightened it, soooo...:D
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Apparently there was loctite I never knew about. I'm going to ask for a new clip and screw set and then soak my knife in hot water to loosen the loctite. That's what other people that have had the same issue said. It's not fully stripped so I should be able to get it out. It's just stripped to where it can't hold very well so I stopped before I ruined the whole thing. All I wanted is tip up so the thumbstuds won't scrape me, now I've learned that loctite sucks but it does it's job great.
 
I've found that a two second blast directly to the screw head with a "torch" lighter loosens that Loc-Tite tootsweet and does no damage to the knife at all. You just want to re-liquify that Loc-Tite and that's it. You don't have to hold the lighter to the screw for very long at all. I've had this problem with almost every Kershaw Blur that I own. I always switch the clip to tip up and I've always had to use the lighter technique.
 
If It's a T6 screw head and you have "stripped" the socket hole there is a fix.

I've had this happen. If you have a T7 bit, grind or file the end square and sharp cornered,then tap into stripped out T6 hole until deep and tight fit, then jerk/turn it out.
 
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