Any Tricks For Stripped Screw Head?

[Nyboy]

I need to move a gate, problem is 2 screws Philips have badly mangled heads. Anybody have a way to deal with this?

 

[bobm]

I need to move a gate, problem is 2 screws Philips have badly mangled heads. Anybody have a way to deal with this?

We need more information ... Can you post a photo of your gate ( steel, wood, etc. ? ) and a CLOSEUP photo of the Philips screw area so that we know what you actually have and need to do ?

 

[aftermidnight]

Sometimes just placing a rubber band over the screw head gives you enough tooth to do the job, worth a try.

Annette

 

[valley ranch]

Is the screw going into wood, Or is it a bolt with a nut,
If it is a screw is it countersunk or does it have a head.

 

[majorcatfish]

take a 3/16 drill bit, drill the head down about an 1/8" a couple taps what a hammer will break the head off... then use a pair of vice grips to unscrew the threaded part..

 

[baymule]

All of the above.....

 

[Nyboy]

In wood holding metal hinge, head little below wood (is that counter sunk?)

 

[majorcatfish]

In wood holding metal hinge, head little below wood (is that counter sunk?)

photo needed to help out.....

 

[valley ranch]

If it's holding a hinge the head is against the metal~the hinge has, I'm guessing a couple other screws, if they' able to be taken out, all the others, that is. If all the screws will come out but that one~you may be able, If there is enough room to turn, by lifting the hinge to keep pressure on the bottom of the screw, lifting and turning the hinge as a wrench, once enough of the head is above the hinge you can, as Catfish mentioned, use a Vice grips to clamp down on the screw and by turning the grips unscrew it.

Are we on the same page?

 

[catjac1975]

I need to move a gate, problem is 2 screws Philips have badly mangled heads. Anybody have a way to deal with this?

Stanley sells a tool for that very purpose.