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  • How to Remove a Broken and Embedded Screw
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Introduction

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Step 1

              How to Remove a Broken and Embedded Screw
  • Use an angle grinder to grind the tip of the broken screw until its surface is smooth and even.

Use an angle grinder to grind the tip of the broken screw until its surface is smooth and even.

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Step 2

  • Place a center punch in the middle of the tip of the screw.
  • Use a hammer to hit the center punch to make a dent in the center of the embedded screw.

Place a center punch in the middle of the tip of the screw.

Use a hammer to hit the center punch to make a dent in the center of the embedded screw.

Step 3

  • Place a center drill bit in the dent made in the previous step and start drilling until it expands enough to fit the standard drill bit inside it.
  • Always keep the drill bit at a 90 degree angle to the surface of the screw since tilting it can bend and break its tip.

Place a center drill bit in the dent made in the previous step and start drilling until it expands enough to fit the standard drill bit inside it.

Always keep the drill bit at a 90 degree angle to the surface of the screw since tilting it can bend and break its tip.

Step 4

  • Make a hole in the tip of the screw by drilling with a standard drill bit.
  • Keep drilling until the hole reaches near the end of the screw.

Make a hole in the tip of the screw by drilling with a standard drill bit.

Keep drilling until the hole reaches near the end of the screw.

Step 5

  • Insert a screw extractor in the hole and then hammer it inside, making sure it is tight.

Insert a screw extractor in the hole and then hammer it inside, making sure it is tight.

Step 6

  • Using a wrench, unscrew the extractor.
  • The screw will come along with it, freeing the hole.

Using a wrench, unscrew the extractor.

The screw will come along with it, freeing the hole.

Step 7

  • Screw the new screw inside the freed hole.

Screw the new screw inside the freed hole.

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