Stripped Torx Screw

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KyleGrantham

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Hey i just got a Tenacious in a trade and the pocket clips screws are stripped and i cant get them out. Do you have any suggestions or things that work for getting them out?
Thanks,
Kyle
 
I would suggest getting a small pair of needle nose pliers with teeth, and trying to turn them out that way. Hopefully they are not tightened way down.
 
I recently showed (with photos) how I removed badly stuck torx screws by cutting a groove in the head with a dremel and using a flat head screwdriver to remove the screw. That should work for stripped heads of screws as well. I don't know how to link to my thread but it is in the Maintenance, Tinkering & Embellishment section and titled "How to remove badly stuck torx screws". I started that thread on 7-25-12 and the last post was on 7-29-12.
 
I've been able to go a size up with a Torx bit to unscrew one when it wasn't too badly stripped. Otherwise, turning it into a flat head screw with a Dremel sounds like a great idea.
 
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