Stripped screw on upper case of iBook G3 Clamshell 300 MHz; need to extract... how?

dremmel or drill it out.. sears probably had those neat screw extractor bits too..

[quote|matthewfrey]dremmel or drill it out.. sears probably had those neat screw extractor bits too..[/quote]

If you can get it up a little, you can use tweezers to twist it out. If you can't get it up at all, sunrisetech is right, drill it out. However, if your just replacing a hard drive, you'll need to put it back in again, so it might be worth buying the iBook Clamshell Screw Set to replace it.

[quote|QEIIRepair]If you can get it up a little, you can use tweezers to twist it out. If you can't get it up at all, sunrisetech is right, drill it out. However, if your just replacing a hard drive, you'll need to put it back in again, so it might be worth buying the [product|IF149-008-1|iBook Clamshell Screw Set] to replace it.[/quote]

I'm also utterly halted on a stripped screw problem. I'm at Step 18 during hard drive replacement of http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Power...-G4-Aluminum-12-Inch-1-1-5-GHz-Hard-Drive-Replacement/548/6. The two Phillips screws holding the hard drive bracket will ~not~ budge, and I've stripped them pretty well during my various attempts to dislodge them. I'm currently suspecting Loctite. (And the project was going pretty well until now...) The screws are too close to flush to get a grip with pliers. I'm considering trying to file a slot in the heads of the screws with a needle file. What's involved with "drilling out" a screw? The hard drive bracket does need to be secured -- does drilling out leave the screw hole usable?

[quote|LauderdaleMac]I'm also utterly halted on a stripped screw problem. I'm at Step 18 during hard drive replacement of http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/PowerBook-G4-Aluminum-12-Inch-1-1-5-GHz-Hard-Drive-Replacement/548/6. The two Phillips screws holding the hard drive bracket will ~not~ budge, and I've stripped them pretty well during my various attempts to dislodge them. I'm currently suspecting Loctite. (And the project was going pretty well until now...) The screws are too close to flush to get a grip with pliers. I'm considering trying to file a slot in the heads of the screws with a needle file. What's involved with "drilling out" a screw? The hard drive bracket does need to be secured -- does drilling out leave the screw hole usable?[/quote]

If you decide to drill it out remember you only want to remove the head of the screw. That will leave a portion of the screw to grab with pliers, but I would recommend a surgical Hemostat (clamp. If you suspect Loctite may have been used try pressing a soldering iron to the screw to melt the Loctite.

[quote|Barrybear]If you decide to drill it out remember you only want to remove the head of the screw. That will leave a portion of the screw to grab with pliers, but I would recommend a surgical Hemostat (clamp. If you suspect Loctite may have been used try pressing a soldering iron to the screw to melt the Loctite.[/quote]