hexagon screws

[joseph2]

I would like to replace the diaphragm on my glow worm boiler. However i am having trouble removing the 4 hexagon screws on the cover. The size that seems to fit the best is 7/64" (but it may be metric?) I'm not sure. It feels as if they are going to round off. Anybody got a good way of removing these screws?

 

[corgiman]

yep I do Get CORGI registerd attend a **** load of Glow worm courses then it will be a piece of cake to do.


or get someone in who has done it

if you find yourselves still too tight to either pay someone or get yourselve qualified then I would suggest that you invest in a set of TORQUE screwdrivers

 

[kevplumb]

tink yow mean torx
marra

 

[corgiman]

you know what I did

 

[joseph2]

I think you have a screw loose. I thought the whole idea of a site like this was so that people doing projects or wishing to do the work themself can log on and converse with likeminded people, pass on tips, ideas etc. If i wanted a corgi registered plumber i would just pick up the phone.
All i want is some advise on how to get the screws out without rounding them off. I have got a torx screwdriver. But i'm having trouble getting them out perhaps somebody helpfull out there might know a way, and just for the record i have previously paid a corgi reg plumber to do the job he rounded off one of the screws then ripped me off. It now needs doing again he wont come back and i'd like to do it myself so i know it's done properly.....OK

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

Yes it's a never ending cycle of ripping off, we get ripped off with corgi, acs, acops, g3, waste diposal ticket, part this part that ect etc etc, then we rip off you who probably works for a bank or building society or record shop etc etc etc who rip off EVERYONE, circle of life innit, tough shiitte, be careful you dont rip off your thread on your valve as that would be another rip off.

 

[wilhelm]

aint got a clue about about your boiler, but

try typing in

"stuck screw removal" on google.

i prefer the screw extractor /eezi out.

youre not a sumo wrestler are you? that needs an apprentice to wipe.......

 

[corgiman]

I think you have a screw loose. I thought the whole idea of a site like this was so that people doing projects or wishing to do the work themself can log on and converse with likeminded people, pass on tips, ideas etc. If i wanted a corgi registered plumber i would just pick up the phone.
All i want is some advise on how to get the screws out without rounding them off. I have got a torx screwdriver. But i'm having trouble getting them out perhaps somebody helpfull out there might know a way, and just for the record i have previously paid a corgi reg plumber to do the job he rounded off one of the screws then ripped me off. It now needs doing again he wont come back and i'd like to do it myself so i know it's done properly.....OK

OK this site is about helping out less fortunate numb nuts' like yourself and I belive I did just that did I not

Just pointing out what you are doing is in contravention of gas regs and YOU SHOULD call an appropriatley trained individual out to do it

Am sorry the last idiot you called was a plank but, hey s h i t happens dont it, I have been ripped off in the past with motors but that DID NOT make me a mechanic did it? No I took advise and went to a bloke recommended to me and have been with him ever since.

 

[joseph2]

Some amusing replies, possibly one helpfull reply, but is this not what this site is all about where, somebody, somewhere,has the answer to your problem.
Even if they live in New zealand.
I thank you....

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

"I thank you" who hell are you, Arthur Askey playmates.

 

[ChrisR]

Take the lump out of the boiler, use a vice/workmate, heat up the part, usa an impact screwdriver with the right bit in it (it WILL be metric). If the screw head strips try cutting a slot in it with a hacksaw or dremel drill.

 

[Noraslad]

Joseph, what the guys are politely trying to tell you is, if you need to post on a forum on how to undo a screw, the last thing you should be doing is trying it on something you are obviously not competant at working on.
Have you considered the implications of your actions, especially with regard to your family safety and probably by now voided your insurance cover.
You got the best advice you could.

Get a professional in. Ask for someone that specialises in maintenance/breakdown.
Talk to them before you agree to get them round.

 

[joseph2]

curlydon.. how patrionising. Who do you think you are...o'h i know a corgi reg plumber... how to undue a screw. I am aware that a soft alloy comming into contact with a metal bit can cause(will cause) wearing or rounding off. (unlike the corgi reg plumber who originally did it) I thought that a so called prof could come up with something a bit more workmanlike than reminding me about my ins cover. I stopped at the point when i could have damaged the screw heads, and thought i would ask someone who has past, previous knowledge and who may have an answer.
As for pedanctivinditiveman.... who is arthur Askey?
Once again as anyone got an answer to this i am using a hex bit size 7/64" apparantly thats 3mm the screws have previously been removed and are slightly worn causing the bit to slip i do not want to round the heads off. any ideas

 

[kevplumb]

just a point of interest corgi have s*d all to do with plumbing
it gets bantered round like corgi reg is the holy grail
it means you are safe to work on gas and j/s else




rant over
i think chris told you how to do it

 

[PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN]

What I normally do after spending 2 hours and no skin left on my fingers is hit the thing with my lump hammer and shout something obscene, even if it doesn't shift it I always feel loads better.
If your too young to know who Arthur Askey is you are too young to be fiddling with your boiler, bet it's past your bedtime by now, I fwink you had better let mummy or daddy fwix that naughty waughty boiler for woo.