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Mar 6, 2003

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Stripped screws, help!

These screws: http://www.2k1civic.com/diy/images/P1010031.jpg were apparently stripped when the idiot i had install my new headunit put it in. Does anyone know of a good size socket or something to get these buggers out?

Mar 6, 2003

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They are either phillips screws or 8mm sockets. If the screw part is stripped, the 8mm socket should pull it out.

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why dont you just use a vise grip? clamp it on there and twist.... that should do the trick

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I would go for the socket before the vice grip- imo

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when it was my first time taking out those screws, i used a phillips screwdriver and kept turning till my face was blue. then i used a 8mm socket and it came out in one shot.

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[hr]Originally posted by: sg2kca
when it was my first time taking out those screws, i used a phillips screwdriver and kept turning till my face was blue. then i used a 8mm socket and it came out in one shot.[hr]

yeah, mine were a bitch to get out on my green civic. i just used the vice grip though because i didn't have a metric socket set at the time.