Help - fixing a stuck temple screw

[Linegear Japan]

hi all,

Was unscrew the temple screw, but its rust so bad, only the top come out. It is the bottom half stuck there.

Any idea how to extract this half bottom of temple screw?

want to restore it badly.

Thanks

 

[SiRacer420]

Gonna have to drill it out unless you can sort or carve a groove in the head and use a flathead or knife to unscrew it. If it's rusted that bad, drilling is probably your only option. BE CAREFUL AND GO SLOW! Use a small bit and don't try to get it out of the threads with the bit. Clean the leftovers after.

This is all unless @THE X-MAN has a better idea. He or @jdd32 would be the only ones I'd know of that likely ever had this problem and solved it without ruining the frame.

 

[jdd32]

@Linegear Japan you can remove the jammed screw using your own pin pusher tool as it was designed to do

If all else fails, drill it out or send it over with my next shipment and i'll fix it for just the cost of return ship

 

[SiRacer420]

Damn I didn't think of the pin pusher lol. Good call!

 

[jdd32]

Damn I didn't think of the pin pusher lol. Good call!

That thing was designed to remove jammed screws. However it's a hit or miss and can strip out threading in the frame if you're not lucky

 

[Linegear Japan]

The Pin Pusher was designed to handle Nosebridge Pin & Nosebridge coupler change... not a 17 years old rusted and half-stuck screw

Pin Pusher also can be used to switch the bridge of same category frame with different finish: i.e. Plasma orbital with xmetal Nosebridge...etc

 

[OakleyFrankFMJ]

The Pin Pusher was designed to handle Nosebridge Pin & Nosebridge coupler change... not a 17 years old rusted and half-stuck screw

Pin Pusher also can be used to switch the bridge of same category frame with different finish: i.e. Plasma orbital with xmetal Nosebridge...etc

Send it to @jdd32 to fix it for you

 

[kronin323]

I think what he's saying is the tool that is now being sold to push nosebridge pins was originally designed to push out stems of broken screws. Or can at least be used for such purpose.

 

[Linegear Japan]

It was originally intended to push this tiny screw

 

[Linegear Japan]

This is the whole picture of the junk Juliet polished...FYI.... coupler melted, orbital & temple screw rusted, gasket broken once taken out...