Call me stupid...

[Indy_Guy_77]

I'm ready for it:

I bought new grips for my S&W 642 at the Indy 1500 this afternoon.

But I can't get my OLD grips off my revolver. The washer that grips the screw opposite the screw head just keeps turning and turning and turning and turning... It won't let the screw back out. Or tighten up, for that matter.

How in the hoohah am I supposed to get this screw out so I can mount my pretty new walnut ones?

-J-

 

[cubby]

bigger hammer!!

 

[redneckmedic]

Hey Stupid........ I don't know either, so that makes me the pot I suppose.

 

[NHT3]

Not sure where "south" you are but if you don't have any luck let me know and we can get together and I'll put the eyeball on it and see if I can help. I'm working at the 1500 tomorrow so it would need to be Monday afternoon. Email me at nht3@att.net

 

[pellidon]

Jam a thumbtack between the bushing and the grip. Or carefully, very carefully, apply a tiny tiny droplet of superglue to the bushing/grip, not the threads (I said carefully). That could set the ushing.

 

[Agent 007]

Do not get super glue anywhere near your gun!

 

[mmills63]

Take a small prick punch and tap a prick dot on washer and then you can use that punch mark and the punch to hold washer while turning screw to loosen. If that does not work or the threads are stripped then take a small carbide burr and cut the center of washer out (only do this if you feel steady enough to use die grinder) A carbide burr can do alot of damage if it grabs and jumps. Another way is to prick punch the center of washer and run a drill in it and washer will spin off much like drilling out a rivit. If you happen to be around Pendleton you could bring it by and I can help. Let me know if you have any questions these are things I have done in the past as a toolmaker.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I'd thought about using some loctite, actually... I have some of the blue stuff. I tried pushing the bushing/washer with some needle nose pliars while my wife turned the screwdriver...no luck.

I'll attempt the thumbtack approach next.

NHT3, if the thumbtack doesn't work, I'll buzz you an email. I live down at Co. Ln. Rd, and Shelby St.

-J-

 

[mikea46996]

STUPID!!!!!!


O.K. Now that that is out of the way I guess I will go read your post to find out why you want us to call you stupid....

 

[colt45er]

J

All I can say is I am picturing the two of your, over 6', rather educated, sitting there getting your butts kicked by a little screw

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

J

All I can say is I am picturing the two of your, over 6', rather educated, sitting there getting your butts kicked by a little screw

Laugh it up, Josh!

I had a pair of bent-knose pliars pressed on the bushing...I'm holding as still as I can. My wife was pushing as hard as she could on the screw from the other side. My wife is STRONG. It was all I could do to keep from falling over as she pushed.

I'm VERY glad that neither of our hands slipped, having a 4" Stanley screwdriver embedded in my chest would have REALLY sucked.

-J-

 

[mmills63]

Did you get the screw out???

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Haven't gotten the screw out yet...

Still working on the punch angle; I need to find something small enough, yet sturdy enough to not crush when I tap it with a hammer.

I tried a small drill bit in a manual drill, but the dimple was too shallow to allow anything to get a grip on it.

I have some dental tools, actually, that I might be able to get to "punch". Not sure, though.

Also, my needle-nose pliers aren't very "needle-like", they have fairly blunt ends.

I'm still workin' on it!

-J-

 

[Kingrat]

are you trying to save the grips that are on it now? or do you just want them off? if you dont care about em you could take a wood chisel and a small hammer and cut the wood out around the washer so you can get a pair of vice grips or something on the washer

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Kingrat,

I'd like to salvage the grips if I could. Granted, they're just the factory hard-rubber ones, but still!

I hate to think that I might have to cut out around the washer to get a grip on it. The washer's pretty much toast anyhow, it's just stuck!

-J-

 

[Hiram2005]

Get ya a real drill and drill it out.