(Topic ID: 264160)

How to remove a stripped screw holding two plastic ramps together?

By mystman12

4 years ago



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#1 4 years ago

My White Water has a couple of strange screws holding the Big Foot's Cave ramp to the upper to lower playfield ramp. Unfortunately, the head on one of them has been stripped and I can't figure out how to remove it. The one that I was able to remove has Loctite on it so unfortunately this one probably does as well...

I want to remove it so that I can more easily remove the upper to lower playfield ramp. Right now, if I want to remove that, I have to remove the Big Foot's Cave / Whirlpool ramp as well, which is a huge pain.

Anyone have any advice?

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#3 4 years ago

Drill it out. This isn't rocket science.

#4 4 years ago
Quoted from Platypus:

Drill it out. This isn't rocket science.

Ha, yeah you're probably right, but with this still being in the ramp I'm a bit wary to do something like that since I don't want to damage it. Just curious if there are any alternate, safer methods.

#5 4 years ago

You can put a rubber band in the striped out hole and try to unscrew it that way.

#6 4 years ago
Quoted from Wheel_Jack:

You can put a rubber band in the striped out hole and try to unscrew it that way.

Wow, that did the trick, thanks for the tip!

#7 4 years ago
Quoted from mystman12:

Wow, that did the trick, thanks for the tip!

Awesome!

#8 4 years ago

What kind of MONSTER!!! Uses Locktite on a Pinball machine!!!

#9 4 years ago
Quoted from Wheel_Jack:

You can put a rubber band in the striped out hole and try to unscrew it that way.

That is a great tip I had never heard before.

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