So i spilt water on my macbook and one of the smaller bottom case screws had rusted meaning i had to dremel the top of it off but how can i now remove it to replace the screw?? any ideas? many thanks..
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What you need is a jewelers slot cutting file like these: Screw Slot Files. Then you should be able to cut a narrow slot in whats left of the screw so you can use a standard jewelers screw driver to fit.
If you have no stub you'll need to file the surface flat and then use a left hand jewelers drill to carefully drill it out and then retap the hole.
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Unfortunately if you dremmel'ed the top off fully, getting the rest out is near impossible in laptop housings. As long as the screw is wide enough, I would take the cutting disc to the top of the stub, and cut a slot into it. With most housings, this will cause damage to the surrounding area.
What I would do instead of removing the screw, is put a dollop of epoxy on top of the location, and dremmel it off if you ever need to get back into the device.
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