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okay, i am going around my Sea Knight and fixing all of the fasteners that i botched the first time around. Most of them that stripped, were far enough out that i could grab them with vice grips and back them back out.

However, how can i fix the ones that stripped when they are in too far to get a hold of with vice grips...but not quite counter sunk? (that horrible sweet spot..)

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Built the 17' Glen-L "Sea Knight"

Depending on the size of the fastener, its really easy to just run a steel drill bit in the middle of the head which also just drills down to the shank as long as you use an oversized bit for the screw shank. You may need to do it in several steps. Drill it far enough down until the head comes off with the bit and leave the rest of the threaded shaft in place. I don't know where they are located. But either redrill another one in a new hole couterbored or if you use epoxy, you may not need any either. Of course there are extractors too. If you run new ones in with another hole, use a new bar of soap and tip the tip and some thread with the soap which lubricates the new screw.

I used of one of these....

I don't know if you can get them in the US... or what brand it would be.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/6/Tools/PowerToolAccessories/DrillBitsSetsAccessories/PRD~0543809P/GraBit%252BDamaged%252BScrew%252BRemover.jsp?locale=en

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Bruce.

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Here is one you can buy online...it's an Ottawa mail order company but they have a site in the States too!

http://www.leevalley.com/US/hardware/page.aspx?p=32272&cat=3,41306,41329

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Patrick Morais
~ Lo Voltage ~
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

If you are leaving them in place and just concerned about the ones standing "proud", you can simply sand them down. Silicon Bronze is not all that "tough" - it will sand and file without issue. I have even run over them with my power plane - no doubt I'm taking some life off the blades, but it takes them off clean - it's a whole lot softer than the carbide blades.

In places where I intend to clear finish and was pulling the screws after the epoxy dried I did have a few strip on me. In those cases I drilled the heads, leaving the shaft imbedded. It then easy to path the hole. If you are painting, then you can just make up your own fairing compound or putty and fix the places you drilled out.

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Graham

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