chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Some help needed! I'm trying to change the boot rubbers and nothing... i mean nothing, has been able to the budge the bloomin' screws!!! Any advice??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 I ended up cutting the rubber away and then using a pair of mole grips to get the buggars out, mine were the old style with a phillips head,the new ones are the allen/star style, much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Some help needed! I'm trying to change the boot rubbers and nothing... i mean nothing, has been able to the budge the bloomin' screws!!! Any advice??? Cut away the rubber till you get to the metal plate then use heat, small blowtorch is best, heat the heads of the screws and it will transfer down the shaft melting the loctite that Toyota use. Then unscrew as normal (or use mole grips/pliers if you've shagged the heads) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 Thanks for the advice, success at last, the rubbers were cut away, ended up having to use a hacksaw to cut a slot and then used a flat head screwdriver to get them out. Glad I got new screws with them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 How do you apply heat without damaging the paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 How do you apply heat without damaging the paint? Carefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 Carefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Using a hacksaw blade, cut a line in the head of the srew so you can removed it with a large flathead screwdriver. Much safer than heating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 Using a hacksaw blade, cut a line in the head of the srew so you can removed it with a large flathead screwdriver. Much safer than heating! That's what i ended up doing funny enough! Don't you love a 5 minute job that turns into an hour job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Some help needed! I'm trying to change the boot rubbers and nothing... i mean nothing, has been able to the budge the bloomin' screws!!! Any advice??? Ha! That will teach you for getting them so cheap! Just kidding mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 a correctly sized decent phillips screwdriver should grip the screw as well as any flat would.. surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 a correctly sized decent phillips screwdriver should grip the screw as well as any flat would.. surely? I think their "posi-drive" aren't they?????? A phillips will never grip one of those quite right!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 The old original style screws are "crappy drive"! I selected the right screwdriver but no matter how hard I pushed they wouldn't grip enough and the screw head ended up getting mashed up as usual! The replacement screws are of a decent design, don't think I'll have that problem again. Small job but worth doing if you've got any rattles from the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 posi-drive, phillips, crosshead, whatever! I use the terms interchangably because I'm stupid and don't know which is which. What I was getting at though, was that the correct screwdriver should do the job. Mine came out easy enough anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 The old original style screws are "crappy drive"! I selected the right screwdriver but no matter how hard I pushed they wouldn't grip enough and the screw head ended up getting mashed up as usual! I must've just been lucky with mine. Glad you sorted it in the end anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 I tried posi and philips type screw drivers, had the right size in both types, these screws were tight with a capital T. Glad you didn't have any trouble carlos, I wasn't expecting any, but thats the way things go. Maybe yours had been out before or you had the later screw type, either way the stubord screws I had wouldn't budge regardless. The slot I cut enabled me to use a large flat screwdriver which gave much more purchase than possible with the cross head. I'm thinking if I ever have to do that job again then an impact driver (used with caution) would be the best way to go, sods law I couldn't find mine when I needed it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Im hoping for some "carl0s" luck when I do mine next week!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 lol, you might well be lucky, either way its not the end of the world, but it makes a 5 min job a whole lot longer when they are so stubborn. so thanks for the help everyone PS: Magicmatty, it might be worth you getting some new screws as well (only cheap from Mr T) before you start, just in case you mash the old ones up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 PS: Magicmatty, it might be worth you getting some new screws as well (only cheap from Mr T) before you start, just in case you mash the old ones up. I thnk you mean " for when I mash up the old ones" But thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 30, 2005 Author Share Posted July 30, 2005 hey well you might be lucky and have it done in 5 minutes including a coffee break, be optimistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 If you think that's hard, wait till you find some 'properly' seized brake caliper pins. Oh dear.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted July 31, 2005 Author Share Posted July 31, 2005 Not hard, just harder than it should have been! Don't worry though, I've been there with seized brake and exhaust bits, just not on the supe (yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Im hoping for some "carl0s" luck when I do mine next week!! from what people are saying, it sounds like holding a soldering iron in the centre of the screw-head for a while might make it easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 If you think that's hard, wait till you find some 'properly' seized brake caliper pins. Oh dear.... One of mine was a right bitch! It wasn't seized per-se but it had been mashed up around the end and wasn't straight any more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I replaced my boot rubbers upper and lower last week, both unscrewed no probs but still get creaking noises with the new ones in over sharp bumps etc i wish i hadnt bothered changing them and just kept the piece of rubber between them i was using as a temporary measure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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