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The Chapman Screwdriver set works about as well and lets you put a lot of downward pressure on the screw while turning.
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Shane - that's a brilliant idea. I've never heard of anything like it. You should send it in to one of Popular Mechanics-type magazines and collect the check they give for good ideas. thanks you know how it is.....blind chicken etc. etc. lol
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I have found a well fit screw driver with a handle long enough so I can comfortable push down on the handle with my chin while turning the driver with my hand works well with stubborn screws. Soaking with a penetrating oil first helps.
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I used to have a boat with twin outboards I used in saltwater. After I had a huge problem taking the lower unit apart because of corrosion between the SS screws and the aluminum lower unit housing I put liquid Permatex gasket cement on all the screws when I put it back together and years later had no problem taking it apart again. Maybe a small dab of gasket cement on the threads of a shotgun wouldn't be a bad idea to help with future servicing. As it is, I always put a dab of Permatex Anti-seize (sparkplug) Lubricant on the threads of the percussion nipples when I'm done servicing and cleaning my muzzle loaders. I also use the stuff on the choke tubes on my Remington 870 rainy day gun and have never had things stick together later.
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I don't disagree with any of the advice,this is just my 2 cents worth of opinion. I use the chuck key as a lever,hoping that it won't provide enough leverage to twist the screw off. If it's stubborn,I find it sometimes works to strike the screw driver "smartly"with a hammer(of course,with the screwdriver in the slot)to "shock" the screw. Sometimes it helps to turn the screw clockwise,then counterclockwise several times.This is sometimes enough to break the rust loose. If you have to resort to an impact driver, you have lost the screw.
Good luck
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I don't disagree with any of the advice,this is just my 2 cents worth of opinion. I use the chuck key as a lever,hoping that it won't provide enough leverage to twist the screw off. If it's stubborn,I find it sometimes works to strike the screw driver "smartly"with a hammer(of course,with the screwdriver in the slot)to "shock" the screw. Sometimes it helps to turn the screw clockwise,then counterclockwise several times.This is sometimes enough to break the rust loose. If you have to resort to an impact driver, you have lost the screw.
Good luck
Mike Mike, Good suggestions, I've had good results doing all of what you just wrote. Steve PS even using the key of the chuck you can over torque a screw, at least I did.
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Rockdoc,
Maybe you are just"more of a man" than I am.
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Mouse Milk (I kid you not, there is such stuff) is also a very good penetrating oil.
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Rockdoc,
Maybe you are just"more of a man" than I am.
Mike Maybe one day I'll learn not to contribute to these discussions, even when I compliment someone I get in trouble, jeez! Steve
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