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Title: Crap! Getting out the tach drive screw! Help please
Post by: JCH on March 12, 2005, 03:35:18 PM
OK so there's this bastard screw that im putting so much torque on im afraid im going to strip the head.   Its the screw that holds the little tach drive assembly in place.   I'm about to hit it with some wd40 and heat up the engine to see if it will expand a little, but anyone else have any ideas?
Title: Crap! Getting out the tach drive screw! Help please
Post by: sledge on March 12, 2005, 03:40:40 PM
Try a good quality impact-driver.
Title: Crap! Getting out the tach drive screw! Help please
Post by: JCH on March 12, 2005, 03:42:49 PM
:dunno:

What's that?
Title: Crap! Getting out the tach drive screw! Help please
Post by: sledge on March 12, 2005, 04:19:01 PM
Essentially its a screwdriver that you hit with a hammer! Best way to describe one is like a big handlebar grip, you can interchange the bits, phillips,posi, flatblade hex etc. You place the relevent bit in the fastener that wont turn, then smack the other end (not to hard) with a hammer. A mechanism inside causes the bit to turn, at the same time forces it into the screwhead so it wont slip out. Use a good quality one as cheap bits have a habit of rounding off the screwhead. Try a websearch for "impact drivers"
Title: Crap! Getting out the tach drive screw! Help please
Post by: DerekNC on March 12, 2005, 07:03:56 PM
You can probably find it at any auto parts franchise such as Autozone.

Derek
Title: Crap! Getting out the tach drive screw! Help please
Post by: JCH on March 12, 2005, 07:07:02 PM
I got the bastard using a nut driver    :mrgreen: