How to remove a stripped screw from a shower faucet that is rusted and stripped?

downtown74 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Sep 18, 2014, 01:34 PM

How to remove a stripped screw from a shower faucet that is rusted and stripped?

How to remove a stripped screw from a shower faucet that is rusted and stripped?

ma0641 Posts: 15,675, Reputation: 1012

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Sep 18, 2014, 02:27 PM

Not easily. Drill the old screw and try a screw extractor or drill out the hole and tap a larger screw.

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