Guides
Plain how-tos for stripped, rusted and broken screws. Easiest fix first, and we'll say when you don't need an extractor at all.
- How to remove a stripped screwSeven ways to get it out, from a rubber band to an extractor, in the order to try them.
- How to use a screw extractorPicking the size, which way to turn, drill speed, and the mistakes that snap bits.
- Screw extractor size chartWhich extractor for which screw, in millimetres, Australian gauges and metric bolts.
- How to remove a rusted screwPenetrating oil, shock, heat and an extractor, in the order that works.
- How to remove a broken screwSnapped above, flush or below the surface: what to do for each.
- Types of screw extractorDouble-ended bits, easy outs, multi-spline, sockets: what each is for.