I am trying to help a buddy remove his 5.0 HO nameplate on his engines intake manifold, the problem is that they are held in by torx screws (size 20 ) and they are all stripped heads how do you remove these? is there a easy way or does he have to use easy outs? thxs alot
his are size 20 and it looks like someone trird to remove them before and they stipped the screws, cant figure out how to remove them , he is tryinh to put a chrome one in its place
Might have to drill them, or easy out them, the thread part is fairly small
Something else I just thought of is you may be able to maybe cut slits in the tops of the bolts and make it so you can use a flat head screwdriver to remove them, they shouldn't be very tight so that may work out for you.
Drill the screw heads off using a 3/16" or #10 drill bit. You'll need to use a cobalt steel drill bit since the screw heads are pretty hard. Start drilling and when you get down past the screw head, wiggle the drill handle around in a circle. This will pop the heads off and leave the screw shank behind. Once all the heads are drilled off, you can use vise grips on the remaining part of the screw to turn the screws out.
I usually snap a torx in the bolt....
Then i start cussin at the SOB.....Kick to the car then i smash the 5.0 Plate with a hammer/ Mallet/ Closest thing over 3 pounds....then i snap the plate off when i can get a flat head under it.
Wait you're not trying to keep the plate are you?? If you are disregard whatever i just said lol
well since your friend is putting on a new intake plate i would just get some kind of a cutter(rotary tool or drill with a cutter bit) to make a slot in the screws and use a screw driver and turn it out. since he is putting on a new plate it doesnt really matter if he cuts into it while doing this.
Remember it's a steel screw going into an aluminum manifold. After all these years, the two metals have worked against each other. Try some rust/frozen screw remover spray for a few days then give it a shot. I always use anti-sieze when threading into aluminum.
no its a stock intake and we got the screws out by heating them a bit and they came right out, those screws are a pain the butt, couldnt beleive it took so much effort to take a name plate off...lol
he just bought the car and i helped him put the plate on ( doesnt look that bad) and tommorow we are putting on cold air intake and steeda underdrive pulleys which he bought hes also looking at new headers also, its his car i told him do what you want to it but i suggested gears would be a well worth investment