Stripped Screws! HELP!

[Nate25]

My batterys bitched so i went out today and bought a new one to come home to find my screws on my battery terminal are stripped to hell. They are alan key screws which sucks ass, but ya they're really stripped. anyone know how to work with these kinda screws? any ideas, ive read about bee wax and shit but i dunno. if someone has a better idea give it to me i'd appriciate it.

[turboMiata]

What's stripped? The threads or the screw head?

If it's the screw head, ou need to go to Sears and buy a Craftsman tool that can remove it. It looks like a drill bit. They also have a tool that can remove a stripped nut or bolt.

If it's the treads, get a tap and die set. Better yet, replace the dammned terminals.

[Nate25]

Ya its the screw head, but ya theres lotsa shit on the terminal so im thinking of just replaceing the terminal but ya i heard about that craftsman thing i was just wondering if anyone knew a different alternative. The screw heads pretty fucked
thanks

[rio_rex]

You can also buy the damages screw removers at crappy tire
They worked for me, just make sure u use a vise grip to turn the screw remover, normal plyers slip

[Nate25]

k cool i'll go check out both and see which place has the better one. thanks for the help boys hopefully it works.

[GTS Jeff]

drill the shit out of it.

[Nate25]

ya thats my last option
im tryin those drill bits tommarow and see how that works

[illeagle]

* this should work....Get new positive/negitive clamps, and cut the old, stripped ones off at the wire.

[rice_eater]

i had that problem and i hammered a bigger allan wrench in then held it in place while i turned the screw on the other side of the terminal. i used a pair of pliars to turn that. Worked like a charm...also if there's a nut on the other end just loosen that and you'll be fine

[Nate25]

ya i got a new postive clamp but to my suprise!! the top screw that connects some fuses to it is stripped to yay! fuck this is gettin annyoing

[cbr_ryder]

Originally posted by illeagle
* this should work....Get new positive/negitive clamps, and cut the old, stripped ones off at the wire.

Exactly!