Hi, Tommy, You didn't get much responce, so I'll give you my 2 cents worth. You can try applying heat; I don't think you can do any damage considering how hot plates are when they are manufactured. Also, with the plate upside down, you might drill a hole right next to the stuck screw down to the area where the screw threads into the plate. Then dribble a penetrating oil like Liquid Wrench down the hole so it can get to the rusted threads. Let it set a while and then try again to loosen it, maybe with an impact screwdriver. If all else fails, drill the head off, remove the pin block and then deal with the screw stubs with an extractor tool of some kind. They should come out. If not, these blocks have enough screws that you can do without one or two. Good luck. Les Conover --- Bigeartb@AOL.COM wrote: > List: > Removing Chickering type pin block.....screwed into > plate from bottom of > pinblock....two screws will not move and one broken > off even with the plate. > What is best method of removing each...the broken > one and the two with heads > still on them but rusted in the plate. Will heat on > the plate damage the > plate? Have removed approx. 15 bolts...only three > left. > > Tommy Black > Stuck in Decatur, Ala. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
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