broken phillips head screw

[jungalist]

The phillipshead screw that locks in my tacho cable in the clutch cover is all turned to pieces so i can't get any grip on it anymore. Can i just weld a nut on it to get it out our can this damage the aluminum casted surrounding?

 

[sprocket2cog]

I dont know about welding it, but i normally use a sharpened flat head screwdriver and hammer to cut a new slot in the head then use an impact driver to get them out.if that dosnt work i hit it with a small dremal bit to drill a pilot hole then drill it and get the ezi-outs on it.

 

[jungalist]

tried your way, the mf wouldn't budge, so i welded a nut on it and second try it came out! only need to clean up the casing a bit.. thanks anyway!

 

[sprocket2cog]

glad you got it out