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Heisman Winner [105525]
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Stripped Allen screw in door handle
Mar 27, 2020, 2:09 PM
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French Door handle to back porch is loose. Dogs have been pawing at it to open the back door (smart dogs, but it sucks) so it is loose. Went to tighten it and it appears the allen screw in the handle (to remove the handle) is stripped. Any secrets on how to remove it? Is there some special tool other than a standard allen wrench that will remove it?
Thanks
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Oculus Spirit [97703]
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Drop of super glue on the tip of the allen wrench
Mar 27, 2020, 2:10 PM
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Let it sit up and dry. Then unscrew it. Take pliers and remove screw, nail polish remover to clean off allen wrench tip.
Just a wild guess. Of course allen screw would be toast too. Wrench should be ok though.
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yep***
Mar 27, 2020, 2:14 PM
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use a wooden match
Mar 27, 2020, 2:16 PM
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then you can just throw all of it away after you take the allen screw to the Ace Hardware to get a replacement. Or, I guess you can just take the door handle.
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Lot o points [163012]
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I bought one of these sets thinking it would be good to have
Mar 27, 2020, 2:13 PM
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then could not find it when I needed it.
Found it a year later.
Have no idea where it is now.
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I think I have 2 or 3
Mar 27, 2020, 2:14 PM
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Couldn’t put my hands on any of them right now.
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All-In [49030]
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I have one I used once
Mar 27, 2020, 2:18 PM
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haven't been able to find it since. I have a vague vision in my head about where it is, just can't equate that vision to reality.
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First, milk in the freezer
Mar 27, 2020, 2:13 PM
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secondly, check the lint trap
thirdly, cut a slot across and use flathead
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Oculus Spirit [81048]
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Then, when it breaks in the allen wrench hole
Mar 27, 2020, 2:21 PM
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weld a nut to it so you can back it out. Because you can't drill the easy out because its hardened steel. And brittle.
Not that I've ever done that.
More than once.
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Have you tried
Mar 27, 2020, 2:20 PM
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sticking your dik in it?
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CU Medallion [64837]
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You may be able to hammer a torx bit into it
Mar 27, 2020, 3:01 PM
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that's the star shaped ones
send me a snap chat of your situation and I'll help.
I'm bored as hellat work right now.
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Heisman Winner [105525]
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problem is...i think it is reverse threaded so I don't need
Mar 27, 2020, 3:13 PM
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to extract the screw until I remove the knob (TWSS)
I think a sledge hammer will take care of it though, that and a new door knob.
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left handed threads would be bizarre for that type of
Mar 27, 2020, 4:04 PM
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application, but could be...
we sent our "plant services group" aka the janitor/weedeater/mechanic handimen to replace a doorknob on the mechanical superintendant's office a while back.
they beat the door knob off with sledgehammers. and carefully installed the new knob.
The brand new knob looked great, but the door was smashed to absolute shiiit. It was funny as crap.
the door wouldn't even close anymore.
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Heisman Winner [105525]
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HAHAHAHAA. This made me LOL in real life
Mar 27, 2020, 4:14 PM
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because I may be living that life soon.
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I left out the best part.
Mar 27, 2020, 4:43 PM
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The whole time this was going on, the superintendent just sat at his desk, working, acting like those guys weren't out there raising T-total helll. Then he left the door like that for about 6 months.
Dude is in his mid 50's...retired navy.... nothing gets this guy excited. Those types of people are rare in my industry and in general.
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Every door handle I've replaced has had a left-hand threaded setscrew
Mar 27, 2020, 5:20 PM
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The screw is installed into the center cylinder for the door handle assembly, which is inside the handle itself. Since 99.99997% of people know "righty tighty," the setscrew is left handed. When you turn it the "normal" way to tighten it, it backs the setscrew out of the cylinder assembly and into the hole on the handle.
Perfectly acceptable use of LHT there and actually has a good logical reason for doing it.
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Oculus Spirit [79183]
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Use more spit
Mar 27, 2020, 3:03 PM
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spit is the best lube
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