Tight Screws!...any tips?

[NSXrunner]

Greetings fellow NSXr's. I recently purchased a CF Mesh engine cover from SOS. However I am unable to remove the screws from the old plastic/felt/cardboard stock cover thing. Apparently a decades worth of heat and cold have left em very very tight. I want to remove the screws on the rod that stands the cover so I can attach it to my new CF set up but dont want to strip them or do any damage to the old cover or the bolts.

Any old school remedies out there? I tried WD-40 but no luck, is there some kind of super lube I should know about?

 

[Daedalus]

A lot of people swear by PB blaster. Impact tools work wonders for me.

 

[92 white 0650]

Re: Impact Driver?

Since I no longer have my NSX and don't have the engine cover to look at, I might be way off base here. But in general, stubborn screws come out with an impact driver which is nothing but a big honkin steel "screw driver" that twists to impart a "spike" of high torque as you hit the top of the driver with a hammer. The thing works because you're driving the screw bit into the screw head (for good bite) at the same time it is imparting the torque. IMHO, this provides better control over the amount of torque (saving the screw head slots) than a power tool would. The screws and cover need to rest on a good solid base since you're hitting the screw with hammer force.

Ask an old Harley owner to borrow his. Or buy one at Harbor Freight (maybe $35? I don't know, mine's 35 years old).

 

[Osiris_x11]

loose nuts!?!

WD40 < Liquid Wrench < PB Plaster < Impact Driver < Air Impact Wrench < Screw/Bolt Extractor Kit

*heat helps (ie. butane/propane torch or burner)

 

[Daedalus]

Re: Impact Driver?

Or buy one at Harbor Freight (maybe $35? I don't know, mine's 35 years old).

More like $5...or less. Of course, it's HF. Mined worked beautifully until about the 3rd or 4th use, at which point it decided to disassemble itself when I hit it with a hammer. Guess you could say it was worth every penny, but I would have bought 2-3 of them if I knew I had to.

 

[coolnsx]

Re: Impact Driver?

More like $5...or less. Of course, it's HF. Mined worked beautifully until about the 3rd or 4th use, at which point it decided to disassemble itself when I hit it with a hammer. Guess you could say it was worth every penny, but I would have bought 2-3 of them if I knew I had to.

Everything you buy at Harbor Freight requires many; There stuff is generally very cheap and not very durable. Kind of the reverse of Snap-on IMO. But it's cheap :biggrin:

 

[Daedalus]

LOL Snap On in reverse. Definitely cheap. I'm ashamed to admit it, but some of my hand tools come from there too, but only the stuff I use very infrequently. Their deep impact sockets have held up surprisingly well.

 

[Larry Bastanza]

Re: Impact Driver?

Since I no longer have my NSX and don't have the engine cover to look at, I might be way off base here. But in general, stubborn screws come out with an impact driver which is nothing but a big honkin steel "screw driver" that twists to impart a "spike" of high torque as you hit the top of the driver with a hammer. The thing works because you're driving the screw bit into the screw head (for good bite) at the same time it is imparting the torque. IMHO, this provides better control over the amount of torque (saving the screw head slots) than a power tool would. The screws and cover need to rest on a good solid base since you're hitting the screw with hammer force.

Ask an old Harley owner to borrow his. Or buy one at Harbor Freight (maybe $35? I don't know, mine's 35 years old).

Yeah Baby

LarryB

 

[92 white 0650]

Re: Boys with their toys syndrome.

I've got some expensive tools I never use and wonder...........WTF was I thinking? I'm no mechanic but I get excited even wandering around Sears tool section.

So, if you're perfectly rational, there's nothing wrong with Harbor Freight for stuff you've never used before or will rarely use. If you like it so much, then buy a Snap-On or Craftsman.

 

[mystican]

heat always help ...

 

[03 raw nsx]

heat always help ...

and a little valve grinding compound on the screw driver tip (keeps the screw tip from slipping)