Windshield Arm Replacement Dilemma

[Purple Guy]

Somewhat of a little dilemma on my hands here.
Removing the cover plate for the gear wheel for the windshield arm, not one but both philips screws snapped in half due to the excessive amount of locktite used at the factory.
Suggestions are welcome...

 

[noboot]

Oh Nooooooooo not looking good Others have been applying heat to the screws (with a Soldering iron ) before removal and or using an impact driver to assist in getting them out. You could still apply heat not to try and get them out but it looks like they'll need to be drilled out.

Also others have found slightly filing the end of the hex shaft before installing the new arm helps with sliding it on.

 

[Peter Aawen]

^^ Good info from the Man himself!!

When confronted with similar breakages, some others I know have just left the busted screw as is, so that when re-fitting, it's acted (just a little) as a locator & then they've used two small self tapping screws, one on either side of the broken screw, going into the solid blocks you can see alongside & a bit closer to the gear. This approach seems to work fine, & at least that way you won't do any more damage trying to remove the screw remnants. Might be worth a shot. :thumbup:

 

[noboot]

Yep! I have seen some do as Peter has suggested and works fine.

 

[Purple Guy]

^^ Good info from the Man himself!!

When confronted with similar breakages, some others I know have just left the busted screw as is, so that when re-fitting, it's acted (just a little) as a locator & then they've used two small self tapping screws, one on either side of the broken screw, going into the solid blocks you can see alongside & a bit closer to the gear. This approach seems to work fine, & at least that way you won't do any more damage trying to remove the screw remnants. Might be worth a shot. :thumbup:

Thanks for the tip Peter, that is definitely a solution to my problem. :thumbup:

 

[Purple Guy]

Tapped a couple screws in and it worked perfectly! :yes:
Thanks Peter & Ron!