Broken Plastic Screw at License Plate Mounting

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Vince - 17 Jun 2007 02:43 GMT

Is there any trick way to remove the broken plastic license plate
mounting screw ?

TNX.

Vince
Long Island, NY

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Jeff Strickland - 17 Jun 2007 04:43 GMT

An Easy Out works. An easy out is a drill-like thingie that is wrapped
backwards. You drill a small hole with a regular drill into the center of
the screw you want to remove, then insert the easy out into the hole.
Turning the easy out in the direction to loosen the screw will cause the
easy out to bite harder and wedge itself into the hole you drilled. When it
becomes tight enough, the screw will drive itself out of the threaded hole
that it is snapped off inside of.

> Is there any trick way to remove the broken plastic license plate
> mounting screw ?
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> Vince
> Long Island, NY

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mack - 18 Jun 2007 01:12 GMT

> An Easy Out works. An easy out is a drill-like thingie that is wrapped
> backwards. You drill a small hole with a regular drill into the center of
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> it becomes tight enough, the screw will drive itself out of the threaded
> hole that it is snapped off inside of.

Since it's plastic, how about just drilling a slightly smaller hole down the
center of the plastic screw until it's all reamed out and becomes shavings
which will back out of the hole?

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sharx35 - 18 Jun 2007 07:05 GMT

>> An Easy Out works. An easy out is a drill-like thingie that is wrapped
>> backwards. You drill a small hole with a regular drill into the center of
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> the center of the plastic screw until it's all reamed out and becomes
> shavings which will back out of the hole?

That would be too simple.

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