Hey, I really need some help with this. What ways are there to get these darn screws off....Yes I do have new allen head screws ready and waiting to be put it. The flood gates are open......let the suggestions roll!!!

 

Get a dremel or a set of easy outs.

 

Have a dremel, what do I do with it? What are easy outs?

 

If you have a dremel cut the heads off the screws. Easy outs are a type of reverse drill bits. You drill a hold into the screw a size smaller than the easy out then insdert it and run it in reverse.

 

Ok, so after I cut the heads off, how do I get the rest of the screw out? Sorry if I'm being completely ignorant.

 

DON'T cut the heads off. with the dremel, make a deep slot all the way across the head and get a big flat screwdriver and take them out that way

 

OK, I'm gonna go try....

 

I used some needle nose vice grips and got them loosened that way.

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i also used the needle nose ,and the next time i used some channel locks called gator locks they both worked great.

 

Whats the easy-out for???

Once the heads are off, remove the bowl (which will now just fall off) there is a 1/4" of the the screws sticking up and they come out with your fingers.

If the slot thing doesn't work just drill the screw heads off, its alot safer then cutting them off with a dremmel tool. The float bowl is really thin and you don't get many close calls before desaster strikes.

Use a ~3/16 drill bit and start drilling right in the center of the cross. Drill straight and check often to be sure you stay in the center and straight. Keep drilling until the head pops off. Repeat on the other three. It really is that easy and takes about 2 minutes each. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]